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To Be Positive Quotes

Thought as such... is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has inherited from its archetype, the relation between labor and material. Today, when ideologues tend more than ever to encourage thought to be positive, they cleverly note that positivity runs precisely counter to thought, and that it takes friendly persuasion by social authority to accustom thought to positivity.
- Theodor Adorno

I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive.
- Jean Alesi

You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.
- Hans Bender

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
- Ambrose Bierce

Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're not a bottle of Valium.
- Augusten Burroughs

I'm too honest to be positive.
- Andrea Cremer

concealed from view a face so face-like in its appearance as to be positively facial.
- Stephen Leacock

I fundamentally believe that people have a genuine desire to be positively engaged in the world around them.
- Chris Hughes

The news is what it is. It's going to be good, it's going to be positive, it's going to be negative. It's going to have all sorts of effects on candidates always.
- Mark E Hyman

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is".
- Nicole Kidman

I fight cynicism. Its too easy. Its really boring. Its much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who arent as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.
- Ewan Mcgregor

I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.
- Mark Mcgwire

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
- Joel Osteen

Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay.
- John Schlesinger

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.
- Patti Smith

If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know.
- Dorothy Stratten

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.
- Sheryl Swoopes

I want always to be positive.
- Gianni Versace

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