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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

Musician · American · b. 1972

I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.

Dan Marino

Athlete · American · b. 1961

He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game.

David Gower

Athlete · English · b. 1957

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

Sidney Poitier

Actor · American · b. 1924

It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.

Winona Ryder

Actress · American · b. 1971

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

John Hench

Artist · American · 1908 – 2004

And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.

Nolan Ryan

Athlete · American · b. 1947

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.

John Newcombe

Athlete · Australian · b. 1944

I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.

Genevieve Gorder

Designer · American · b. 1974

With what all these people are saying, do you think that anybody wants to be around me? They all think that I did this on purpose? That I knew that I was positive, for so many years? I feel now that I'm going to be attacked if anybody sees me or if I go to the office.

Marc Wallice

Actor · American · b. 1959

And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty.

Vernor Vinge

Writer · American · b. 1944

I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.

Mike Krzyzewski

Coach · American · b. 1947

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.

Sue Wicks

Athlete · American · b. 1966

Only fools are positive.

Moe Howard

Actor · American · 1897 – 1975

I've received a lot of positive feedback from both the secular and Christian markets. People seem to be receiving it with open arms and hearts, and are interested in the stories I want to share about my relationship with God and my faith.

Brian Littrell

Musician · American · b. 1975

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

Penelope Ann Miller

Actress · American · b. 1964

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

Musician · American · b. 1975

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

Athlete · American · b. 1948

We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.

Saku Koivu

Athlete · Finnish · b. 1974

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

Aldous Huxley

Novelist · English · 1894 – 1963

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Author · American · 1880 – 1968

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

George Santayana

Philosopher · American · 1863 – 1952

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

John Ruskin

Writer · English · 1819 – 1900

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

Stephen Ambrose

Historian · American · 1936 – 2002

You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

Nicholas D. Kristof

Writer · American · b. 1959

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Writer · American · 1906 – 2001

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Helen Keller

Author · American · 1880 – 1968

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Novelist · French · 1900 – 1944

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Walt Disney

Cartoonist · American · 1901 – 1966

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.

Vito Fossella

Politician · American · b. 1965

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

Lord Byron

Poet · British · 1788 – 1824

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady · American · 1884 – 1962

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

John Buchan

Politician · Scottish · 1875 – 1940

Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.

Stanislav Grof

Psychologist · Czechoslovakian · b. 1931

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

Lord Byron

Poet · British · 1788 – 1824

Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country.

Jim Ramstad

Politician · American · b. 1946

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.

Gijs de Vries

Politician · Dutch · b. 1956

The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.

Chaka Fattah

Politician · American · b. 1956

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.

Stephen Hawking

Physicist · English · b. 1942

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer · German · 1770 – 1827

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

Activist · South African · 1946 – 1977

A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose.

Tom Wilson

Cartoonist · American

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

Politician · American · b. 1949

I am optimistic about the future of music.

George Crumb

Composer · American · b. 1929

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

E. B. White

Writer · American · 1899 – 1985

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.

David Herbert Lawrence

Writer · English · 1885 – 1930

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.

Albert J. Nock

Philosopher · American · 1870 – 1945

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Nhat Hanh

Activist · Vietnamese · b. 1926

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