120 Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life 2023

Be inspired and motivated by our collection of positive attitude quotes and sayings. You choose the type of attitude you have each day, it can be positive or it can be negative, it is up to you!

Here are 90 quotes about a positive attitude to inspire and motivate you!

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“A positive attitude can turn a storm into a sprinkle.” – Robert M. Hensel

 

“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler

 

“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.”
– Joan Lunden

 

“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.”
– Wade Boggs

 

“You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way – challenges, roadblocks – don’t let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.”
– Rose Namajunas

 

“Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.”
– Christie Brinkley

 

“Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try to have inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.”
– Imelda Staunton

 

“Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.”
– Kirsten Sweetland

 

“Know that your success is based entirely on your attitude, your commitment, and your self-discipline. You are the only person who can generate a new mindset.”
– Ellen Mensap

 

“Learning to control and adjust your attitude to a positive one reflects the wisdom of the mind.”
– Catherine Pulsifer

 

“I have never met a complainer who has a positive attitude towards life. This lack of having a positive attitude means more in terms of their own hang-ups than about the issues they constantly complain about.”
– Byron Pulsifer

 

“A positive attitude is a person’s passport to a better tomorrow.”
– Jeff Keller

 

“Attitude is a way of life. We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.”
– Puneet Sharma

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“A positive attitude serves as the foundation for optimism and is a shining characteristic of every positive person I have met.”
– Vishal Pandey

 

“Have a positive attitude toward life. It does not mean that you are unrealistic, but that you know that you can turn around whatever happens in your life.”
– Julia Vergara

 

“With a positive attitude, it is possible to turn situations of failure into success.”
– Dan Miller

 

“A positive attitude is definitely one of the keys to success. My definition of a positive attitude is a simple one: Looking for the good in all circumstances.”
– Catherine Pulsifer

 

“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” – Joyce Meyer

 

“The place to start a positive attitude is with the little things. If you can learn to appreciate them and be grateful for them, you’ll appreciate the big things as well as everything in between.”
– John Maxwell

 

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”
– Elbert Hubbard

 

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney

 

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” – William James

 

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
– Mary Kay Ash

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
– Chinese Proverb

 

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar

 

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
– Babe Ruth

 

“If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.”
– Michele Ruiz

 

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

 

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

 

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.”
– Socrates

 

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

 

“People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.”
– Unknown

 

“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.”
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle

 

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
– Vincent Van Gogh

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.”
– Frank Ocean

 

“How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
– Anne Frank

 

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
– Lou Holtz

 

“If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.”
– Wayne Dyer

 

“For me, it’s always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it’s only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.”
— Aaron Rodgers

 

“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honourable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.”
— Cicero

 

“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.”
— Joe Namath

 

“Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.”
— Jessica Williams

 

“A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.”
— Virat Kohli

 

“When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.”
— Jason Day

 

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton

 

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain

 

“Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.”
— Robert Staubach

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.”
— Jack Nicklaus

 

“I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.”
— Jessie J

 

“Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.”
— Nicole Scherzinger

 

 

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”
— Zig Ziglar

 

“With the realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.”
— Dalai Lama

 

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
— Lao Tzu

 

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”
— Marcus Garvey

 

“Don’t take anything for granted. If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.”
— Cathy Moriarty

 

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
— Benjamin Spock

 

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
— E.E. Cummings

 

“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”
– George S. Patton

 

“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.”
– J.M. Power

 

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
— Michael Jordan

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“It’s all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections – that’s what makes you unique.”
— Hayley Hasselhoff

 

“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”
— Samuel Johnson

 

“Always remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. “
— Christopher Robin

 

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
— Arthur Ashe

 

“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”
— James Cameron

 

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
— Abraham Lincoln

 

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”
— Hans Christian Andersen

 

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston S. Churchill

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.”
– Paulo Coelho

 

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
— Mother Teresa

 

“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.”
– Arianna Huffington

 

“In one minute you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day.”
– Spencer Johnson

 

“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.”
— Roderick Thorp

 

“I’ve found that the first thirty minutes of my day have the biggest impact on how I feel for the rest of my waking hours.”
– Molli Sullivan

 

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
– George Eliot

 

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
– Albert Einstein

 

Positive Attitude Quotes for a Positive Life

 

“The day will be what you make it, so rise, like the sun, and burn.”
— William C. Hannan

 

“Someday is not a day of the week.”
– Denise Brennan-Nelson

 

“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning.”
— Gordon B. Kinkley

 

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson

 

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”
– Marilyn Vos Savant