Quotes about Positivity
We cannot be pepped up and enthusiastic about doing something exciting and feel dragged down by worry at the very same time. One kind of emotion drives out the other.
— Dale Carnegie
TECHNIQUES IN HANDLING PEOPLE Principle 1—Don't criticize, condemn or complain. Principle 2—Give honest and sincere appreciation. Principle 3—Arouse in the other person an eager want.
— Dale Carnegie
I will speak ill of no man," he said, " … and speak all the good I know of everybody.
— Dale Carnegie
Always begin and end the message on a positive note rather than on a pessimistic or detached one.
— Dale Carnegie
In his book I Ain't Much, Baby—But I'm All I Got, the psychologist Jess Lair comments: "Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.
— Dale Carnegie
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement. To become a more effective leader of people, apply… Principle 6 Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
— Dale Carnegie
I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. All seems beautiful to me. Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me.
— Walt Whitman
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
— Walt Whitman
And henceforth I will go celebrate any thing I see or am, And sing and laugh and deny nothing.
— Walt Whitman
I am larger, better than I thought, / I did not know I held so much goodness
— Walt Whitman
Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.
— Wanda Brunstetter
Disappointments are like weeds in the garden. You can let them grow and take over your life, or you can rout them out and let the flowers sprout.
— Wanda Brunstetter