Positive Hope Quotes & Sayings

I hope to be remembered as someone who promoted positive change in Mexican business and society - even if this is not currently understood. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Following the enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has now come for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth, and I hope everyone will join with me, my doctor and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. — Freddie Mercury

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. — Patti Smith

If we surround ourselves with people who are successful, who are forward-moving, who are positive, who are focused on producing results, who support us, it will challenge us to be more and do more and share more. If you can surround yourself with people who will never let you settle for less than you can be, you have the greatest gift that anyone can hope for. — Tony Robbins

Hope is the one positive force to help us persevere during our darkest storms. Jesus gives us hope when He walks beside us through the fiery furnace and helps us rise above adversity. — Dana Arcuri

[...] what else motivated him to spend hour after hour with me, telling all the details of his story? I quote at length his answer.

"I suffered so much and for so long. Maybe if people read this they will realize that if I can make it,they can make it. Many people suffer only because of what happens in their head; I was also physically being tortured. I had no food. No water. If I can make it so can you. If one depressed person avoids committing suicide then the book is a success.

Be strong. Think positive. If you start to think to the contrary, you are headed to failure. Your mind has to be relaxed as you think about survival. Don't think about death. If you think you are going to die, you will die. You have to survive and think about the future of your life, that life is beautiful! How can you imagine taking your own life? There are challenges and punishment in life but you have to fight! — Jonathan Franklin

I believe in supremacy of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Struggle begets strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Jehowah-Jireh is my provider, redeemer and defender. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May power of the Holy Spirit, renew your thoughts and attitudes. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To me, a poem is almost like someone whispering to another person, or you hear the whispering in your head. I hope with my own poems that the reader feels a connection, soul to soul, that'll help us all feel a little less alone on the planet. And it does have the power to direct change. A writer can make the word 'dark' be something positive. You can relieve a word like 'hysterical' of its misogynistic implications. You can make the language your own. That's what poetry is about. — Rita Dove

Music awaken our soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When God gives you an idea, you must act immediately on it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

has provided me with a platform to share my passion with millions in a way I neither expected nor could have imagined in my career. I hope that it's given the millions of people that I've touched the optimism and the desire to achieve their goals through hard work, perseverance, and positive attitude. Although I'm recognized with this tremendous honor of being in the Basketball Hall of Fame, I don't look at this moment as a defining end to my relationship with the game of basketball. It's simply a continuation of something that I started a long time ago. One day you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. (laughs) Oh, don't laugh. Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Thank you very much. Looking forward to it. — Nathan Aaseng

The gift of life is the most valuable wealth. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Release your past into the universe and embrace your future with opened arms. — Delma Pryce

Choose to dwell on timeless hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Being strong and positive is like holding your breath under water. You will never be able to do it forever. Sometimes crying out and express yourself will help you from drowning. — Vivek Thangaswamy

What we long for, we shall possess. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Attitudes reflect your thoughts, so always have a positive attitude. — Debasish Mridha

On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of life is all-important. #3. Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life. #4. Nurture the regenerative and restorative forces within you. #5. Utilize laughter to create a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work for yourself and those around you. #6. Develop confidence and ability to feel love, hope and faith, and acquire a strong will to live. — Norman Cousins

For every opinion you receive, seek guidance from the Creator. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Worry less, pray more. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A "positive, open consciousness" means looking at something as it is, without coating it in your own ideas or emotions and, furthermore, looking for hope and potential I in it. Thus, when you consciousness is open, you can communicate easily with another person and accept positively that person's actions or suggestions. An open person fundamentally has respect for all life. Additionally, that person readily accesses cosmic information, because the door of their consciousness is open and they are able to receive needed ideas and inspiration easily This leads to new creation. — Ilchi Lee

I am the luckiest girl in the world. I learned that if I just keep a positive mental attitude, that I can go out there and do whatever I hope I can do. It's all mental in getting out there, and having confidence in myself, and having strength and knowing I can do it. — Missy Franklin

Our confident hope is our great trust in God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We're moving faster with our science and technology than our morals are evolving, we're going to have to live in the future we create so it is up to us to become responsible for what we're creating. It is the only way to avoid the probable catastrophes that will face us and our children on the way. We all have to get on the same page if we're to unify and a species and survive. I hope 'The Vision Quest' will help people set positive intentions for their lives and the world we live in, as well as give them some tools to manifest them — Deborah M. Pratt

Never give up.
May hope be your anchor. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The act of communicating with one another is the beginning of friendship. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith, and trust. Those about the present include joy, ecstasy, calm, zest, ebullience, pleasure, and (most importantly) flow; these emotions are what most people usually mean when they casually-but much too narrowly-talk about "happiness." The positive emotions about the past include satisfaction, contentment, fulfillment, pride, and serenity. — Martin Seligman

Without adversity, we will fail to exercise our faith. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Enthusiasm is the first step," she said. "Artfulness comes later."
"I hope I didn't disappoint you."
"I'm not displeased, Jovanno. Hells, having a lover that's new to the dance means you can train him properly. Give me a few nights and I'll have you whipped into proper form."
"The Asino brothers ... they always, well, they always invited me to go with them when they went out. To buy it, you know."
"There's no shame in doing that. And there's no shame in not having done it. But those two are hounds, Jovanno. Any woman could smell it a mile away. Sometimes a run with the hounds is just what you're in the mood for, but in the end they'll always roll around in muck and shit on your floor."
"Oh, they've got an endearing side," said Jean. "It comes out once a month, when the first moon is full. They're like backwards werewolves. — Scott Lynch

Life is a spiritual splendid journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every new morning, I write a grateful gratitude for the new grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be happy, be joyful. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Fear not! The Lord will rescue and deliver you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes life's lessons may not be easily labeled; and we may not understand simply because we are too close to the situation (emotionally). Bad things and tragedy strike all around us with no obvious reasons but somewhere in this "the phoenix will rise from the ashes". — Nehali Lalwani

You are God's special possession. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If we being to ready the Bible daily; we will awake the divinity of our souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won't join gangs. My life since leaving the gang and drugs has been directed to making positive what it means to be Chicano, human, man, woman, and on how to draw out the imagination and creativity that all people have. — Luis J. Rodriguez

The greatest obsession is I believe in myself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you! — Deborah Day

Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right now. I hope you are too. The thought for the day is share the love. Beep.' 'Uh, yeah, this is the VD clinic ... speaking of being positive, your test is back. Stop sharing the love. — Andy Rooney

God loves you and created you in His own image. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Trench says a wild man is a willed man. Well, then, a man of will who does what he wills or wishes, a man of hope and of the future tense, for not only the obstinate is willed, but far more the constant and persevering. The obstinate man, properly speaking, is one who will not. The perseverance of the saints is positive willedness, not a mere passive willingness. The fates are wild, for they will; and the Almighty is wild above all, as fate is. — Henry David Thoreau

God's grace is our greatest need for every good deed. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Christianity is living hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage. — Kathrine Switzer

In many ways, she realized that each of the children was like her precious hope chest at home. In the beginning, they were empty vessels, waiting to be filled with goodness and godliness. The values that the children learned from school, church, and family helped them become positive influences on the entire district. — Sarah Price

May the Lord direct your life's journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In any situation, there is hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All great dreamers have great faith. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Human being may fail you, but God will never forsake thee. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope is a flowing stream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement. — Criss Jami

What you want is within reach. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope in a genuine sense, in any sense worth talking about, is irrevocably tied to failure, and to the criticism of what has and continues to fail us. I always get a little depressed when people think of my poems as simply dark. All of the negativity is really just a way of trying to find something that could honestly be called positive. — Jeffrey Schultz

May you find the grace of triumph over any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The true test is what you make out of your life despite the illness you face. So the poor want to become rich, or the chronically ill hope to find a cure for their ailments. However, most of us may not ever become free of what distresses us. The true victory comes from working to make a positive, happy life happen, regardless of the challenges we struggle with. — Tara C. Allred

You can overcome any situation with positive attitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you travel on the path of light. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Live daringly with great courage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Society is made up of individuals. The thoughts and actions of each individual influence the culture of that society. Instead of waiting for others to improve, we should try to improve ourselves. Once our attitude has changed, we will be able to perceive goodness throughout world. If there is a positive change in us, it will also be reflected in others. It is only what we give that we can hope to get back. — Mata Amritanandamayi

The Great stories give us the hope and the courage to survive life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not dilute the truth of your potential. We often convince ourselves that we cannot change, that we cannot overcome the circumstances of our lives. That is simply not true. You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life. But you can't just wish it, you can't just hope it, you can't just want it ... you have to LIVE it, BE it, DO it. — Steve Maraboli

If you have to dwell on anything, think of noble pure thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The priest comes. not as an obscurantist, but wearing the intelligible vestments of living faith, divine but positive, ministering in Word and Sacrament that which is humanity's hope and salvation, the divine energy in which he lives with Christ in the Father through the Holy Spirit, identified but not accommodated to the world Christ seeks to save. — Arthur Middleton

Nobody really enjoys having to pacify their feelings. It's too much like failure; it reminds you of weakness. but feelings don't want to be pacified, either. They want to be fulfilled. You fulfill your positive feelings (love, hope, optimism, appreciation, approval) by connecting with other people, expressing your best self. You fulfill your negative feelings by releasing them. Your whole system recognizes negative feelings as toxic. It's futile to bottle them up, divert them, ignore them, or try to rise above them. Either negativity is leaving or it's hanging on - it has no other alternative.
As you fulfill emotions, your brain will change and form new patterns, which is the whole goal. — Deepak Chopra

Focus on the POSITIVE
Recognize the BLESSINGS
Find the HUMOR
Hope for the BEST
&
Brace yourself for the worst. — Tanya Masse

Man, I'm 31 years old and a husband with four kids; I hope I'm no thug. I hear all those negative things and don't hear anything positive. I think that's all those people feel ... that way that's all they hear about when you hear Allen Iverson did something negative or something. — Allen Iverson

When you're growing up, it's always nice to have someone you can relate and look up to. I'm proud of how I conduct my business and how I have accomplished all that I have accomplished, and hope that I can be a positive influence on not only the Mexican community but also young boxers and people all around the world. — Victor Ortiz

I am grateful to the Lord for hundred-fold blessings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Your blessings far outnumber your troubles. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. — Don Rickles

Lord save the suffering souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't run away from the challenges. You can graciously overcome every challenge. Be strong! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life holds timeless fortunes for you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you face the light, shadow will always be behind you. — Sukant Ratnakar

When you fill life with mourning and complaints, your accomplishments will be a little lower than success. — Auliq Ice

The power of prayer is miraculous! — Lailah Gifty Akita

The word of God renewed my mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. — William Faulkner

Look onwards to what lies ahead. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My hope is my joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be bold in mind, in spirit and in faith. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever you believe in your heart, you will receive it. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is depressing and hopeless enough, without imbibing further depression and hopelessness through story. I don't care how realistic people like to think that is. It's not what inspires me, or makes me love and cherish a book or a television show or a movie. When I am imbibing fiction, I want to be inspired. I want bold tales, told boldly. I want genuine Good People who, while not perfect, are capable of rising beyond their ordinary beginnings. To make a positive difference in their world. Even when all hope or purpose might seem lost. Because this is what I think fiction - as originally told around the campfires, through verbal legend - ought to do, more than anything else: Illuminate the way, shine a spiritual beacon, tell us that there is a bright point in the darkness, a light to guide the way, when all other paths are cast in shadow. — Brad R. Torgersen

Happiness is an emotion based on positive circumstances within our lives. The origin of the word "happiness" was
derived from the same root "hap", similar to the word "happening." Depending on what's happening in our lives, we're either happy or sad. It's based on pure luck and good fortune. — Dana Arcuri

Vulnerability + Action + Positive Thinking = Courage — Shannon L. Alder

Daring greatly, divine grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We get to the right destination by God's guidance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is an enduring faith. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Voices in the study of positive psychology, framed the traits as hope, wisdom, creativity, future-mindedness, courage, spirituality, responsibility, and perseverance. V. Paraphrased from a speech given by Bruce Springsteen — Martin Dugard

Your blessings are endless. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We see the greatness of God in times of great challenge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Renew your mind daily by reading the Holy Scriptures. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push - a smile. A word of optimism and hope, a 'you can do it!' when things are tough — Richard M. DeVos

Always start your day with positive thoughts and attitude of gratitude. — Debasish Mridha

Tomorrow, smile at a perfect stranger and mean it. — John O'Callaghan

Never give up hope, that family can be a great source of love, that the eternal inner spirit lives on even when the human body is frail and through positive thinking it can overcome incredible odds. Yes, all of these. But also, that love for others defines us. — Peter Benn