The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought uncertainty over our lives and increased fear and anxiety. Many of us fell into a trap of negativity forgetting the importance of the importance and the power of positive thinking.
Fear and uncertainty can leave you feeling stressed, anxious, and powerless over the direction of your life. It can drain you emotionally and trap you in a downward spiral of endless “what-ifs” and worst-case scenarios about what tomorrow may bring.
When you watch the news or read your social media, it seems like people are more angry, depressed, and stressed than they have ever been.
While many things remain outside your control, your mindset is the key to coping with difficult circumstances and facing the unknown. In this article, we have collected the most inspirational quotes to remind you of the power of positive thinking and how you can easily change your perception of life by shifting the angle of looking at things.
We hope these quotes on the power of positive thinking will encourage you to see the bright side of life and inspire you to enjoy each moment!
90 Quotes On The Power Of Positive Thinking
#1
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#2
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
#3
“Change your thoughts and you can change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
#4
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley
#5
“We become what we think about.” – Earl Nightingale
#6
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
#7
“If you say you can or you can’t you are right either way.” – Henry Ford
#8
“You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for who you become and how happy you are.” – Rachel Hollis
#9
“Always end the day with a positive thought. No matter how hard things were, tomorrow is a fresh opportunity to make it better.”
#10
“If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit
#11
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” –William James
#12
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
#13
“The difference in winning and losing is most often…not quitting.” – Walt Disney
#14
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi
#15
“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.” – Swami Vivekananda
#16
“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” – William James
#17
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett
#18
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli
#19
“To be happy is to think positively, confidently, and optimistically.” – Dr. T.P. Chia
#20
“Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” – Joel Osteen
#21
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#22
“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” – Emory Austin
#23
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henry Matisse
#24
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
#25
“Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
#26
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
#27
“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” – Joseph Campbell
#28
“Choose the positive. You have a choice. You are the master of your attitude. Choose the positive, the constructive.”– Bruce Lee
#29
“Focus on an ocean of positives, not a puddle of negatives.”― Kevin Ansbro
#30
“Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world.” ― Amit Ray
#31
“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.” ― Roy T. Bennett
#32
“Everything is within your power, and your power is within you.” ― Janice Trachtman
#33
“When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.”― Shannon L. Alder
#34
“You are the conductor of your own attitude! Nobody else can compose your thoughts for you.” – Lee J. Colan
#35
“Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be.”― Tony Robbins
#36
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” – Winston Churchill
#37
“Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome.”― E.A. Bucchianeri
#38
“Being positive doesn’t happen by chance. It’s a decision.”― Diamante Lavendar
#39
“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.”― Germany Kent
#40
“Instead of saying, “I’m damaged, I’m broken, I have trust issues,” say “I’m healing, I’m rediscovering myself, I’m starting over.”― Horacio Jones
#41
“Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.”― Germany Kent
#42
“Decision decides destiny. What God wants you to become is the positive person you decide to become when led by God’s spirit.”― Israelmore Ayivo
#43
“Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.”
― Roy T. Bennett
#44
“Never allow your mind to wander untamed like a wild animal that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest. Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires.”― Stephen Richards
#45
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Dennis P. Kimbro
#46
“Positive energy is attracted to positive energy.” – Deborah Day
#47
“It’s not strength, it’s PERCEPTION that makes you stronger. If you change how you SEE it, you’ll change how you FEEL about it.” ― Yvonne Pierre
#48
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler
#49
“If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened!” – James Van Praagh
#50
“Don’t step backward toward nothing, step forward toward something, better awkward steps forward, than coward steps backward.” ― Victoria Addino
#51
“Thoughts become things… Choose the good ones!”― Mike Dooley
#52
“Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you’ll see the world from another perspective.” ― Thea Kristine May
#53
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
#54
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
#55
“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.” – Benjamin Franklin
#56
“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” – Robert H Schuller
#57
“Happy thoughts fill your life with happiness.”
#58
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
#59
“Positive thinking produces more energy, more initiative, and more happiness.”
#60
“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” – John N. Mitchell
#61
“The less you respond to negative people, the more positive your life will become.” – Paulo Coelho
#62
“A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.” – Grant Fairley
#63
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin
#64
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.” – William Allen White
#65
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln
#66
“One of the most efficient ways you can improve your life is by simply thinking in a more positive way.” – Robert Norman
#67
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer
#68
“Positive thinking means expecting, believing, and visualizing what you want to achieve. It means seeing in your mind’s eye the thing you want, as an accomplished fact.”
#69
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
#70
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” – Tony Robbins
#71
“Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.” – Les Brown
#72
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett
#73
“Positivity brings about a peace of mind which in turn relaxes your whole being.” – Suman Arora
#74
“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.” – Tony Robbins
#75
“Affirm the positive, visualize the positive and expect the positive, and your life will change accordingly.” – Remez Sasson
#76
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
#77
“Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can’t do.” – Joyce Meyer
#78
“Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.” ― Roy T. Bennett
#79
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
#80
“A positive mind finds opportunity in everything. A negative mind finds fault in everything.”
#81
“Today’s present is tomorrow’s past, so make this present a beautiful one.”― Luffina Lourduraj
#82
“Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Focus on your character, not your reputation. Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.” – Roy T. Bennett
#83
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Marcus Aurelius
#84
“I have to think of the positive; that’s how I cope.” – Ingrid Newkirk
#85
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres
#86
“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi
#87
“I’m a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.” – Leona Lewis
#88
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” – Pat Riley
#89
“If you absolutely can’t stay positive, don’t go negative, just cruise neutral for a while until you can get back up.” – Terri Guillemets
#90
“Surround yourself with positive people and situations, and avoid negativity.” – Doreen Virtue
We hope you are inspired by these quotes on the power of positive thinking as much as we are!
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