165 Positive Mindset Quotes to Overcome Challenges
Maintaining a positive outlook is essential, no matter your circumstances.
We’ve compiled a list of the best positive mindset quotes for your next post, along with powerful positivity sayings.
Browse through to find your favorites!
Short Positive Mindest Quotes
“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” ― Bo Bennett
“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese
“Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” ― Matt Cameron
“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball
“Count your blessings. You can’t be stressed and thankful at the same time.” – Jon Gordon
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” – Winnie the Pooh
“The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” ― Zig Ziglar
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.” – Robert H. Schuller
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke
“Life is short it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise
“Feel happy by forgetting the disappointments of the day and hoping for the best to come.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“Live for each second without hesitation.” — Elton John
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” ― Vidal Sassoon
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ― Babe Ruth
“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.” – Og Mandino
“Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Rhonda Byrne
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” ― Bill Gates
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” — Dolly Parton
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.” – Winston Churchill
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” – Goldie Hawn
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ― Nelson Mandela
“Live as if your prayers are to be answered.” – Anonymous
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Things have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive.” — Lou Holtz
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“A positive mindset brings positive things.” — Phillip Reiter
“Feed good thoughts today and enjoy the feast of positivity tomorrow.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard.” – Jon Gordon
“The best revenge is massive success.” ― Frank Sinatra
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“Don’t let negativity win today. Remember, it starts with you. If you are complaining you’re not leading. If you are leading, you’re not complaining.” – Jon Gordon
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ― Albert Einstein
“A dead end is just a good place to turn around.” — Naomi Judd
“Steely resolve can turn the tide in your favor.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.” – Alan Loy McGinnis
“When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective.” —Ryan O’Donnell
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” ― Charles R. Swindoll
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” ― Albert Einstein
“Happy mind energizes your efforts and pushes you to win.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi
“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” ― Helen Hayes
“Your mindset determines how you perceive and connect to the world around you.” — Joseph Taylor
“Only a curious mind can explore the mystery through intelligence.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” —S. C. Lourie
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ― Peter Drucker
“If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.” – Lou Holtz
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Do what is true to your soul.” —Malini Saba
“One person can’t make a team but one person can break a team.” – Jon Gordon
“Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle
“Positive anything is better than negative thinking.” – Elbert Hubbard
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” – George S. Patton
“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin
“Make your life matter and have fun doing it.” —Aaron Hurst
“It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success.” – John Mason
“Wash away your mistakes with the soap of knowledge.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“He who stops being better, stops being good.” – Oliver Cromwell
“The next choice is the most important choice.” —George Wells
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” ― Steve Jobs
“Positive thinking must be followed by positive doing.” – John C. Maxwell
“Roll up your sleeves to lift and throw the load of ignorance to replace it with knowledge.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting.” – J.R. Rim
“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” —E. E. Cummings
“When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.” — Yoko Ono
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” —Omar Khyyam
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” —Anne Frank
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ― Arthur Ashe
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” ― Sam Levenson
“Be ready to walk an extra mile if you intend to achieve something in life.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” —Thomas S. Monson
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” ― Thomas Jefferson
“Optimism is a force multiplier.” ― Colin Powell
“The joy of life is becoming a person you are proud of.” —Bill Orender
“A positive mindset fuels enthusiasm, determination, and perseverance.” ― Steve Maraboli
“Do good and good will come to you.” —Adam Lowy
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” — Zig Ziglar
“The wheels of life rotate even when you are not pedaling hard enough. Time pedals for you many a time.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“Always hold your head high; it will provide a sense of pride and will feel better inside.” – Arlene De’Sha Jennings
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” – Vince Lombardi
“Seek not, my soul, the life of immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.” – Pindar
“No one searches for adversity. Bad experiences are simply part of life.” – Eileen S. Lenson
“The people who live through the mind always think, because mind means thinking.” – Sanjeev Kumar
“Positive thinking is the key which unlocks the doors of the world.” – Samuel McChord Crothers
“Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.” – Eckhart Tolle
“When you think and say I can, confidence and happiness will fill your entire being.” – Remez Sasson
“If you have a positive outlook in life, you will attract positive and passionate people.” – Ed Austin
“The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life’s direction.” – Remez Sasson
“Meet and greet the world with the power of positivity and together you can create a better world to live in.” – Sandeep Ravidutt Sharma
“The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” – Anonymous
“Never say anything about yourself that you do not want to come true.” – Brian Tracy
“Everyone says you can’t. Until you do. Then everyone wants to know the key to your success. The key is you don’t listen to everyone.” – Jon Gordon
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Don’t hang with negative people. They will pull you down with them. Instead, invite them into your light and together you will both shine strong.” – L.F. Young
“Don’t promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.” – Germany Kent
“Don’t be the slave of a negative character. Be the master of a positive character.” – T.P. Chia
“Those who do not have worthy struggles in their lives never enjoy the pleasure of celebrating a hard-won victory.” – Eric Greitens
“You need resilience not just for the hard times. You need resilience if you’re going to be happy.” – Eric Greitens
“It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.” – Longfellow
“Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams.” – Og Mandino
“You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.” – Emmet Fox
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
“Your positivity can become a castle around you which will protect you from the arrow of negativity.” – Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu
“Positive thinking helps you stand back up again when you are knocked down by bad luck or negativity.” – Tom Laurie
“Positive thinking creates ingenuity and originality. Negative thinking cripples imagination and creativity.” – T.P. Chia
“There is a way to turn negative thinking to positive thinking, it means seeing the positives and not focusing on the negatives.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Keep in mind that you need to stop comparing yourself with others. Don’t seek validation by looking how well others are doing.” – Scott Hinsborough
“Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and you will come to good things.” – Terri Guillemets
“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Herm Albright
“When you consistently maintain a positive frame of mind, you’ll become known as a problem solver rather than a complainer. People avoid complainers. They seek out problem solvers.” – Joseph Sommerville
“Positive thoughts enrich the power of the mind, provide a deep sense of reasoning, rationality, and optimism, and contribute to a meaningful, happy life.” – Anonymous
“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.” – Swami Vivekananda
“Fill your mind with light, happiness, hope, feelings of security and strength, and soon your life will reflect these qualities.” – Remez Sasson
“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.” – Edward Rickenbacker
“It is very true that we cannot live every moment in the now! Another meaning of mind is to live in the past and the future.” – Sanjeev Kumar
“We can laugh only right now and here, but through memory, while viewing photographs, for example, we can connect with the beautiful moments of past events with family members and friends.” – Sanjeev Kumar
“Support is the secret sauce that helps us find forgiveness, courage, perspective, perseverance, and hope. Support helps us make changes in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and increases the sense of control over our lives.” – Eileen S. Lenson
“You don’t have to wait to feel positive enough for a smile to happen. You can generate a positive feeling by smiling. Your smile can be the source of your positivity, not the result of it. Smile more today.” – Jon Gordon
“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.” – J. Sidlow Baxter
“Being in a positive state of mind is more important than you might think as the mind cannot be creative in a negative state. New ideas, thoughts, and inspiration will only take place when the mind is positive.” – Joe Hinchliffe
“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” – W. Clement Stone
“Positive thinking means expecting, believing, and visualizing what you want to achieve. It means seeing in your mind’s eye the thing you want, as an accomplished fact.” – Remez Sasson
“Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.” – Martin Seligman
“The power of positive thinking is like a car with a powerful engine that can take you to the summit of a mountain.” – Remez Sasson
“Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not remain so if you only perceive an ideal and strive to reach it. You cannot travel within and stand still without.” – James Allen
“Always strive to aim for the highest peak of the goals in life you have set, this way if you manage to reach even halfway toward a goal, landing in the middle is not such a bad place to end up.” – Victoria Addino
“Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible.” – Rodolfo Costa
“Our lives change like the changing seasons never remaining the same. There will be good times and bad times and bitter that makes us appreciate the sweet.” – Anya Gulzar
“Life is what we make it and also largely down to perspective. We can change our actions and also the way we perceive experiences. We need a constant reminder to appreciate the good in our lives and to know what to do to make improvements in areas in which we’re unhappy.” – Anya Gulzar
“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” – Wayne W. Dyer
“Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results.” – Germany Kent
Positive Thinking Quotes
“If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass.” — Ron Jaworski
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” — William James
“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” — Roy T. Bennett
“If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened!” — James Van Praagh
“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” — Robert H. Schuller
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” — Francesca Reigler
“The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.” — Eric Thomas
“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” — Zig Ziglar
“When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There’s a lesson there.” — Mandy Hale
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.” — Roy T. Bennett
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” — Confucius
“Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.” — Maya Watson
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” — Zig Ziglar
“A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.” — Grant Fairley
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” — Willie Nelson
“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.” — William James
“We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” — Robin Sharma
“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.” — Benjamin Franklin
