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Are You Positive?

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When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking. Albert Einstein

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. Michael Jordan

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. Henry David Thoreau

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life. Joel Osteen

And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans. Barack Obama

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

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes. John Wooden

Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. Pablo Picasso

The most positive men are the most credulous. Alexander Pope

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you. Les Brown

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families. Mitt Romney

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. William James

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. Elbert Hubbard

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice. Ambrose Bierce

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one’s voice. Ambrose Bierce

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. Honore de Balzac

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. W. Clement Stone

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

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event. Brian Tracy

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

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

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. Alexis de Tocqueville

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. James A. Baldwin

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