Comparison is the thief of joy.— Theodore Roosevelt
Positive Quotes
A positive quote won't fix everything, but it can shift the next hour. These are gentle, genuine, and worth saving for the days that start heavy. Read one. Breathe. Keep going.
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More topics ›You can be happy where you are.— Joel Osteen
A grateful mind is a great mind.— Plato
The root of joy is gratefulness.— David Steindl-Rast
Happiness depends upon ourselves.— Aristotle
To live at all is miracle enough.— Mervyn Peake
Every moment is a fresh beginning.— T.S. Eliot
Joy is not in things, it is in us.— Richard Wagner
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.— Chinese Proverb
A cheerful heart is good medicine.— Book of Proverbs
Peace begins when expectation ends.— Sri Chinmoy
Sleep is good, and books are better.— George R.R. Martin
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.— Jean Baptiste Massieu
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.— Aesop
Magic is no replacement for kindness.— Tamora Pierce
Give, even if you only have a little.— Buddha
Happiness is a direction, not a place.— Sydney J. Harris
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.— Karl Barth
The only joy in the world is to begin.— Cesare Pavese
Things are beautiful if you love them.— Jean Anouilh
No one has ever become poor by giving.— Anne Frank
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.— Melody Beattie
Realize you can be happy for no reason.— Arthur D. Saftlass
Live, and be happy, and make others so.— Mary Shelley
Gratitude is the open door to abundance.— Yogi Bhajan
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.— Phillips Brooks
The grass is greener where you water it.— Neil Barringham
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.— Dalai Lama
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gratitude turns what we have into enough.— Aesop
We should be so thankful for our friends.— L.M. Montgomery
Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.— Doris Day
Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.— Jim Rohn
Laughter is the sound of the soul playing.— Irish proverb
When you drink water, remember the spring.— Chinese Proverb
Live simply so that others may simply live.— Mahatma Gandhi
One kind word can warm three winter months.— Japanese proverb
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude.— Henri Frederic Amiel
I'd far rather be happy than right any day.— Douglas Adams
There is no such thing as a small kindness.— Tamora Pierce
A great future doesn’t require a great past.— William Chapman
The struggle ends when the gratitude begins.— Neale Donald Walsch
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.— Anne Frank
I think we ought to live happily ever after.— Diana Wynne Jones
An attitude of gratitude brings great things.— Yogi Bhajan
Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.— Rita Mae Brown
And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.— Stephen Chbosky
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.— Chinese Proverb
Sometimes, being just the way I am is perfect.— Marcella Chamorro
The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.— Mary Davis
I would always rather be happy than dignified.— Charlotte Bronte
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness.— Amy Collette
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.— Jane Austen
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.— Henry David Thoreau
We have what we have and there is nothing more.— Andrzej Sapkowski
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life.— Margaret Cousins
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.— Confucius
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.— Seneca
The most wasted of days is one without laughter.— e. e. cummings
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What is a good positive quote?
"Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day." It's popular because it's honest — it doesn't ask you to pretend the day is perfect, only to look for the one good thing that's still there.
What is a short positive quote?
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine." — Walt Whitman. Short positive quotes make great phone wallpapers and captions because you see them, absorb them in a second, and move on lighter.
How can quotes make you more positive?
Positivity is partly a matter of attention — what you look at, you feel more of. A positive quote is a small redirect: it points your attention, for a moment, at what's working instead of what's not.
What positive quote should I start the day with?
Try Marcus Aurelius: "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive." Starting the day with one deliberate thought sets a tone that the day's chaos has to work harder to undo.