40 Positive Attitude Quotes To Lift Your Thinking (2022)

Looking for positive attitude quotes that will make you see the brighter side of life? Here ya go! 🙂

What’s more uplifting than some positive attitude quotes? Come on! Feeling down…check out this list. Research shows that our attitude impacts our work performance, relationships, eating habits and our overall consistency for any place of action. Make a conscious effort to work on your attitude in times of conflict, doubt, and confusion.

Positive attitude quotes can serve as a reminder to take control of your thoughts, regardless of what is going on around you.

As you read these positive thinking quotes ask yourself:

In what situations do I need to say this to myself?

What has stopped me from viewing things this way?

How can this perspective impact someone I know?

How will this bring out the best version of me?

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Positive attitude quotes that will help you take control of your thoughts

1. “Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

One of Gandhi’s most popular and practical quotes! What more needs to be said.

2.  “Having a positive attitude isn’t wishy-washy, it’s a concrete and intelligent way to view problems, challenges, and obstacles.” – Jeff Moore

Being positive is an intelligent way to use our mental faculty.

3. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”  ― Lou Holtz

What do you think? How does this fit into your life?

4. “I’m too busy working on my own grass to see if yours is greener.” – Unknown

Amen!

 5. “Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you.” – Unknown

Treat your words like they are gold and use each one deliberately. Always aim before you shoot!

6. “Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.” John Mitchell

Give life the best of you and see what happens. It might not happen when you want it to happen, but the best of life is headed your way.

7. “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton

Our thoughts can move us forward or leave us paralyzed. Don’t let fear cripple your growth.  Don’t let doubt disable your dreams.

8. “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”― Viktor E. Frankl

…Just powerful! Please read, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’…

9. “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.”― Conan O’Brien

Let your failures become part of your humorous, interesting and never dull story! Let your comeback story be the most interesting thing about you.

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10. “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”. – Winston Churchill

Where do you stand?

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11. “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Herm Albright

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12. “I certainly don’t regret my experiences because without them, I couldn’t imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!” – Sasha Azevedo

What are some of the gifts in your life?

13. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” – Ralph Marston

And developing a great attitude is a skill!

14. “Attitude is the frame in which you view the world, the hue in which people see you, the tone in which they hear you and the mood for all your day’s activities.”

How would you describe your attitude?

15. “A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.”  – Grant Fairly

Yes! Make sure your attitude is on your side!

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16. “The most important thing you’ll ever wear is your attitude.” – Jeff Moore

We pick one out every single day!

17. “Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.” – W.C Fields

Out of all the things listed above, attitude is also what we have the most control over.

18. “It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous — even death is terrible only if we fear it.” ― Epictetus

How do you take control of your attitude?

19. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you won’t get nowhere til you change it.” – Unknown

YES!

20. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino

You never know too much to learning something new…

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More positive attitude quotes and sayings

21. “Every day, it’s important to ask and answer these questions: “What’s good in my life?” and “What needs to be done?”– Nathaniel Branden

22. “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer

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23. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”– Helen Keller

24. “Know that your success is based entirely on your attitude, your commitment and self-discipline. You are the only person who can generate a new mindset.” – Ellen Mencap

25. “The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.”– Eleanor Roosevelt

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26. “Attitude is a way of life. We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.” – Puneet Sharma

27. “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli

28. “With a positive attitude, it is possible to turn situations of failure into success.” – Dan Miller

29. “The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance.” – Robert Greene

30. “Positive attitude serves as the foundation for optimism and is a shining characteristic of every positive person I have met.” – Vishal Pandey

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Positive attitude quotes to remind you to stay optimistic

31. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett

32. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” ― Walt Whitman

33. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,” ― Amit Ray

34. “I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.” ― Muhammad Ali Jinnah

35. “When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.” ― Shannon L. Alder

36. “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

37. “Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.” ― Charles F. Glassman

38. “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ― Germany Kent

39. “Our beliefs about what we are and what we can precisely determine what we can be.” ― Tony Robbins

40. “I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” ― Charles F. Glassman

Which positive attitude quote was your favorite?

Which of these positive attitude quotes and sayings resonated with you best? Do you have any other favorite quotes to add?

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