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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.
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.
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.
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