465 quotes
I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming!
Lydia Lunch
Musician · American · b. 1959
First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
Bruce Jenner
Athlete · American · b. 1949
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
Musician · Canadian · 1943 – 1999
The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!
Dante Hall
Athlete · American · b. 1978
I want to come across as a positive person.
Greta Scacchi
Actress · Italian · b. 1960
I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
Luther Allison
Musician · American · 1939 – 1997
Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.
Lesley Gore
Musician · American · b. 1946
It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about.
Gil Gerard
Actor · American · b. 1943
I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
Sam Elliott
Actor · American · b. 1944
To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
Ian Botham
Athlete · English · b. 1955
Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
Willard Scott
Entertainer · American · b. 1934
Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Tim Allen
Comedian · American · b. 1953
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
Coach · American · b. 1945
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
Tipper Gore
Celebrity · American · b. 1948
This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.
Anatoly Karpov
Celebrity · Russian · b. 1951
A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.
Tony Lema
Athlete · American · 1934 – 1966
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
Actress · English · b. 1952
If I knew I was positive, why would I have ever gone to PAW to take a test?
Marc Wallice
Actor · American · b. 1959
We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.
Sonia Braga
Actress · Brazilian · b. 1950
The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man.
Taye Diggs
Actor · American · b. 1972
A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
Karen Duffy
Actress · American · b. 1962
Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.
Marilu Henner
Actress · American · b. 1952
Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.
Diane Kruger
Model · German · b. 1976
The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't.
Greg Louganis
Athlete · American · b. 1960
When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.
Andy Roddick
Athlete · American · b. 1982
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
Patricia Neal
Actress · American · b. 1926
I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy.
Scott Stapp
Musician · American · b. 1973
The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.
Franz Beckenbauer
Athlete · German · b. 1945
I am an optimistic lady.
Julie Andrews
Actress · English · b. 1935
Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.
Sue Wicks
Athlete · American · b. 1966
I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
Harvey Fierstein
Actor · American · b. 1954
I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.
Daryl Hannah
Actress · American · b. 1960
The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.
John Astin
Actor · American · b. 1930
That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
George Foreman
The most important thing is to stay positive.
Saku Koivu
Athlete · Finnish · b. 1974
Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!
Greg Anderson
Athlete · American · b. 1964
I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.
Clay Aiken
Musician · American · b. 1978
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
Celebrity · Canadian · 1960 – 1980
I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.
Chloe Sevigny
Actress · American · b. 1974
But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.
Geddy Lee
Musician · Canadian · b. 1953
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
Musician · English · b. 1974
When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.
Tim Reid
But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago.
I try to give positive energy in all my shows.
Curtis Jones
Musician · American · b. 1968
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
Celebrity · Jamaican · b. 1966
Optimism is the key.
Will Champion
Musician · English · b. 1978
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
Celebrity · American · b. 1958
I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.
Harry Nilsson
Musician · American · 1941 – 1994