Letters are no matter of indifference; they are generally a very positive curse. - Jane Austen Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. - Bo Bennett So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round. - Dennis Bergkamp There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. - Joyce Brothers Whenever anyone has called me a bitch, I have taken it as a compliment. To me, a bitch is assertive, unapologetic, demanding, intimidating, intelligent, fiercely protective, in controlall very positive attributes. But it's not supposed to be a compliment, because there's that old, stupid double standard: When men are aggressive and dominant, they are admired, but when a woman possesses those same qualities, she is dismissed and called a bitch. - Margaret Cho The internet could be a very positive step towa...

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better. - Daniel Johns I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails. - Venus Williams

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 ...

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that. - Luther Allison Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. - Steven Biko And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way. - John Boehner Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know. - H Jackson Brown Jr It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man. - George Crook The most positive men are the most credulous. - Alexander Pope As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted. - Hugh Nibley Yep, said...

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. - George Allen Sr It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive. - Ellen Degeneres I think what hurts the most is that I just really want to belong. I want to stand inside the circle of other people and be noticed for the right things, but it seems like the wrong things are always bigger. And all the advie I've ever read --smile more, be yourself, dream big, stay positive--seems to have some darker side that's never mentioned. - Jane Devin When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight. - Peggy Fleming I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better. - Daniel Johns The most important thing is to stay positive. - Saku Koivu I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback. - A...

Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen. - Stephen Baker This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump. - Charles Barkley Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain. - Robert A Cook By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we? - Rick Danko We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad. - John Green Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in...

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays. - Eric Davis While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs. - Michael D Higgins I know her note said she was leaving me, but there is some positive in it. At least she cared enough to tell me she didn't care. - Jarod Kintz I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world. - Jack Welch

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.' - Eminem And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans. - Barack Obama You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. - Ralph Marston

People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important. - Kirsty Coventry It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive. - Lil Kim With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that. - Sean Paul

I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl. - Vince Neil It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys. - Brad Paisley Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them. - Terence Stamp

...the values ascribed to the Indian will depend on what the white writer feels about Nature, and America has always had mixed feelings about that. At one end of the spectrum is Thoreau, wishing to immerse himself in swamps for the positive vibrations; at the other end is Benjamin Franklin, who didn't like Nature. [p.91] - Margaret Atwood African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. - Mos Def The positive vibrations of unregulated joy, peace, happiness and tranquility is freedom. - T F Hodge Let each moment be full of positive vibrations. - Amit Ray Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations. - Amit Ray

His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do. - Maurice Ashley We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack. - Michael Chertoff I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives. - Nadia Comaneci I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays. - Eric Davis It's an amazing experience when you focus on the positive things in your life. Things ...

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up! - Jenny Agutter His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do. - Maurice Ashley George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to press, but 9/11 really gave them direction. It gave them a purpose. - Josh Brolin It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them. - Louis C K We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack. - ...

If you ever walk down a path surrounding by negative energy, look for the fork in the path then cross over to the positive side. - Victoria Addino It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV,. - Alexis Bledel There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination. - Jeb Bush Even in a bad situation, there's always a positive side. Even if you can't see it yet. - Susane Colasanti A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.' - Eminem No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to...

That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it. - Taylor Dayne First of all, I try to be a positive role model. - Bruce Jenner I really believe that's one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don't realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model. - Brian Littrell Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the World No.1 right now, I wish to be a positive role model and a sportsperson that people respect, and enjoy watching. - Rory Mcilroy More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model. - Kiana Tom

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. - William James An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted. - Donald Cram Negative results are just what I want. They're just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don't. - Thomas A Edison One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good ...

In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response. - Charlotte Perkins Gilman From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance. - Mary C Jones He paused, then tapped a finger against the box. "This is a wish," he said quietly, "that even after four hundred years of existence, a man can be strong enough to accept the gifts he's given." "Ethan," I began, but he shook his head. "I'm prepared to wait for a positive response." "That's going to take a while." Ethan lifted a single eyebrow, a grin lifting one corner of his mouth. "Sentinel, I am immortal. - Chloe Neill

Western parents try to respect their children's individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement and a nurturing environment. By contrast, the Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they're capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away. - Amy Chua Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise. - Patricia Richardson What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa. - B F Skinner The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. - B F Skinner Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Sufferin...

I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound. - Chelsea Clinton I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency. - Ted Nugent

I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water. - Victoria Beckham Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. - Stanislav Grof When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least! - Chuck Norris I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. - Rosie Perez I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me. - Jamie Redknapp I want to come across as a positive person. - Greta Scacchi