10 More Quotes to Help You Stay Positive

Here are 10 more quotes to make you think and put your mind in a positive place. We are what we think. For more positive quotes and valuable tips and advice for living a happier life, check out the ARISE Get Smart series.

1. “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”
—Gilbert K. Chesterton

2. “If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.”
—Latin proverb

3. “Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”
—James Bryant Conant

4. “When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.”
—Barbara J. Winter

5. “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.”
—Victoria Holt

6. “There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one.”
—Ralph Martson

7. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
—Nora Roberts

8. “Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.”
—Jean Paul Richter

9. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
—James Baldwin

10. “Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
—Leonardo da Vinci

10 Quotes About Attitude, Brought to you by ARISE Life Skills & Training

The world we live in is never black and white. The universe is colored by the way you look at it—attitude determines whether you see just the black cloud, or its silver lining. Attitude isn’t determined by how much money you make, how you were raised, where you live or the people around you. What makes a positive attitude so powerful is its ability to exist independently, and sometimes in spite of, the world around you.

Here are 10 quotes about attitude.

1. “The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” —Carlos Castaneda
2. “The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” —Frank Lloyd Wright
3. “Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.” —Henry David Thoreau
4. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” —Marcus Aurelius
5. “The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.”      —Martha Washington
6. “Everything can be taken from man but the last of human freedoms—the ability to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” —Victor Frankl
7. “The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” —William James
8. “An optimist is the human personification of Spring.” —Susan J. Bissonette
9. “Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” —Richard Bach
10. “To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Changing your attitude can be difficult. If you need a little help, try taking an ARISE CHOICES: Drop it at the Door workshop. The CHOICES training teaches you how to let go of anger, resentment and stress, especially in the workplace. The goal of the CHOICES training is to stop the “boomerang” effect of taking work-related stress home, and carrying worry about home issues to work. CHOICES participants learn how to drop stress, anger and negativity “at the door,” improving both their work and home lives.

To sign up for the DIATD training or find out more information about ARISE Foundation’s other programs, visit the ARISE website or call TOLL FREE:  1 (888) 680-6100 .