Life-affirming phrases for life. The best life-affirming phrases

Brief, clear, intelligible and, most importantly, positive. Quotes from great people for every day will help you look at own life as if a little from the outside. An unusual angle of view, a somewhat unusual interpretation, may help you understand and evaluate the events happening to you a little differently. Maybe they will help you understand yourself. Or maybe not. In any case, they will cheer you up - after all, that’s why they are positive quotes for every day :)

Happiness is not having what you want, but desiring what you have.
Osho

Miracles are where people believe in them, and the more they believe, the more often they happen.
Denis Diderot

Act as if you are already happy and you will actually become happier.
Dale Carnegie

Wherever you can live, you can live well.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

I've missed over 9,000 times in my career. I lost almost 300 matches. 26 times I was entrusted with making the decisive shot and I missed. I have failed very often in my life. That's why I succeeded.
Michael Jordan

Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill

If you're falling off a cliff into an abyss, why not try flying? What do you have to lose?
Max Fry, "The Chronicles of Echo"

Aim for the Moon... because even if you miss, you'll land on one of the stars
Les Brown

You are never given a desire without being given the strength to make it come true.
Richard Bach

When you really want something, the entire Universe will help make your wish come true.
Paulo Coelho

Well, we got an extra one positive charge? If it's not enough for you, let's continue. Positive quotes for every day will restore your self-confidence and give you answers to difficult questions. So here’s another portion of thoughts and sayings for inspiration and energy.

I think you should enjoy the race while you're on the horse.
Johnny Depp

If you don't make mistakes, it means you're not trying to do anything.
Coleman Hawkins

There are no disappointments in life - only lessons.
Jennifer Aniston

Everyone needs a chance to change for the better.
Jay Z

Without going too far, how do you know what you're capable of?
Thomas Stearns Eliot

If you hit the wrong note, continue playing without anyone noticing your mistake.
Joe Pass

You can't limit yourself. The more you dream, the more you will achieve.
Michael Phelps

Follow your heart. Be true to yourself. Never follow someone else's path, unless you get lost in the forest and find a path - then, of course, you should follow it.
Ellen DeGeneres

Keep your head high and swing your hips as you walk.
Christina Aguilera

I am grateful to fate for all my problems. As I overcame each one, I became stronger and more capable of solving the problems I had yet to face. Thanks to all these difficulties, I developed.
JC Penney

Remember that there is always more positive in life than negative. Sometimes all you need to do is take a fresh look at your life and realize that everything is in your hands. Make this your daily routine, and let these positive statements will serve as a kick to you (in in a good way this word).

When you find yourself in a dead end, question everything except your ability to get out of it.
Twyla Tharp

Every problem is a chance to prove yourself.
Duke Ellington

Let bad times come and go. I enjoy every minute of the fight.
Mary Madsen

Do not worry. Do your work calmly, joyfully and carefree.
Henry Miller

You and only you are able to write the story of your life that you are destined to tell. And the world needs your story because it needs your voice.
Kerry Washington

In order to get what you want from life, it is absolutely necessary to take the first step: decide what exactly you want.
Ben Stein

To avoid criticism, you need to do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
Elbert Hubbard

Life - great value. It is given only once. Don't waste it on bad relationship, bad marriage, bad job, bad people. Spend your life wisely doing what you want to do.
Eric Idle

There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs

You can't be a child who stands on water slide and thinks for a long time what to do. You must go down the chute.
Tina Fey

A selection of positive quotes about love for inspiration and funny quotes about everything for a smile

Quite often quotes are born suddenly, but remain to live for centuries. This, one might say, intellectual baggage of humanity comes into being from sayings, aphorisms, interviews and simply witty statements great people of the past and present.

chose the best and life-affirming sayings of people of the past and present:

  1. If you're not ready to see Furthermore What is visible, you will not see anything. ~ Ruth Bernhard
  2. You have been sleeping for millions and millions of years. Why don't you wake up tomorrow morning? ~ Kabir
  3. Try to be kind to your parents. If you must rebel, rebel against those who are not so easily hurt. Parents are too close a target; the distance is such that you cannot miss. ~ Joseph Brodsky
  4. When art critics get together, they talk about form, structure and meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where they can buy cheap solvent. ~ Pablo Picasso
  5. On mountain peaks you can only find the zen that you bring there yourself. ~ Robert Pirsig
  6. The same word sounds differently for different writers. One has his insides dragging behind his words. The other takes it out of his coat pocket. ~ Charles Peguy
  7. My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened. ~ Michel Montaigne
  8. If you imagine yourself as fighting, you feel like retreat is impossible. But you are not a battle. You are the battlefield. The main idea is to die young as late as possible. ~ Ashley Montague
  9. An unexpected invasion of beauty. That's what life is. ~ Saul Bellow
  10. The only true thoughts are the thoughts of a drowning man. Everything else is rhetoric, posture, internal buffoonery. ~ Jose Ortega y Gasset
  11. I don't want to be a genius, I have enough problems, I'm just trying to be human. ~ Albert Camus
  12. Strangeness is a necessary ingredient for beauty. ~ Charles Baudelaire
  13. Be kind whenever possible. And this is always possible. ~ Dalai Lama
  14. If Galileo had said in poetry that the Earth rotates, the Inquisition would have left him alone. ~ Thomas Hardy
  15. Being forty-seven years old, I can say that I learned everything that I was destined to learn before I was seven years old, and for the next forty years I was aware of it. ~ Marina Tsvetaeva
  16. Simplify and then add lightness. ~ Colin Chapman
  17. People think they stop falling in love when they get old, when in reality they get old when they stop falling in love. ~ Marquez
  18. The poem begins like a lump in the throat. ~ Robert Frost
  19. Morals, ethics, laws, customs, faith, doctrines - these are all nonsense. What really matters is that the amazing becomes the norm. ~ Henry Miller
  20. I never listen to anyone who criticizes me space travel, my rides or my gorillas. When this happens, I just pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. ~ Ray Bradbury
  21. Even if you were stupid enough to show yourself, don't worry, they can't see you. ~ Henri Michaud
  22. If you think you've already achieved enlightenment, try just spending a week with your family. ~ Baba Ram Dass
  23. There is a time to work, and there is a time to love. There is no other time. ~ Coco Chanel
  24. There is a crack in everything through which light reaches us. ~Leonard Cohen
  25. As we pass through ourselves, we meet robbers, spirits, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, rival brothers. But we always meet ourselves. ~Joyce
  26. The worst crime is to pretend. ~Kurt Cobain
  27. I do not envy people who have a complete picture of the world in their heads, for the simple reason that they are obviously mistaken. ~ Salman Rushdie
  28. The last man on Earth was sitting in the room. There was a knock on the door. ~ Frederick Brown "The shortest scary tale ever written"

You have been sleeping for millions and millions of years. Why don't you wake up tomorrow morning?
/Kabir/


If you are not prepared to see more than what is visible, you will not see anything. /Ruth Bernhard/


When art critics get together, they talk about form, structure and meaning.
When artists get together, they talk about where they can buy cheap solvent. /Pablo Picasso/


Try to be kind to your parents. If you must rebel, rebel against those who are not so easily hurt. Parents are too close a target; the distance is such that you cannot miss. /Joseph Brodsky/


On the mountain peaks you can only find the Zen that you bring there. /Robert Pirsig/


The same word sounds differently for different writers. One has his insides dragging behind his words. The other takes it out of his coat pocket. /Charles Peguy/


My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened. /Michel Montaigne/


An unexpected invasion of beauty. That's what life is. /Saul Bellow/


If you imagine yourself as fighting, you feel like retreat is impossible. But you are not a battle. You are the battlefield.


The main idea is to die young as late as possible. /Ashley Montague/


The only true thoughts are the thoughts of a drowning man. Everything else is rhetoric, posture, internal buffoonery. /José Ortega y Gasset/

I don't want to be a genius, I have enough problems, I'm just trying to be human.
/Albert Camus/

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient for beauty. /Charles Baudelaire/

Be kind whenever possible. And this is always possible. /Dalai Lama/


If Galileo had said in poetry that the Earth rotates, the Inquisition would have left him alone. /Thomas Hardy/


Being forty-seven years old, I can say that I learned everything that I was destined to learn before I was seven years old, and for the next forty years I was aware of it. /Marina Tsvetaeva/

Simplify and then add lightness. /Colin Chapman/

The poem begins like a lump in the throat. /Robert Frost/


Morals, ethics, laws, customs, faith, doctrines - these are all nonsense. What really matters is that the amazing becomes the norm. /Henry Miller/


I never listen to anyone who criticizes my space travel, my attractions, or my gorillas. When this happens, I just pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. /Ray Bradbury/


Even if you were stupid enough to show yourself, don't worry, they can't see you. /Henri Michaud/


If you think you've already achieved enlightenment, try just spending a week with your family. /Baba Ram Dass/

There is a time to work, and there is a time to love. There is no other time. /Coco Chanel/

There is a crack in everything through which light reaches us. /Leonard Cohen/


As we pass through ourselves, we meet robbers, spirits, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, rival brothers. But we always meet ourselves. /Joyce/


People think they stop falling in love when they get old, when in reality they get old when they stop falling in love. /Marquez/


The worst crime is to pretend. /Kurt Cobain/


I do not envy people who have a complete picture of the world in their heads, for the simple reason that they are obviously mistaken. /Salman Rushdie/


The last man on Earth was sitting in the room. There was a knock on the door. /Frederick Brown. "The Shortest Scary Story Ever Written"

Live the way you want, not the way others expect you to live. It doesn’t matter whether you live up to their expectations or not, you will die without them. And you will win your victories yourself!

I don’t have to be the way others want me to be, and I’m not afraid to be the way I would like to see myself.

Muhammad Ali

He is not great who has never fallen, but he is great who has fallen and gotten up.

Confucius

The main thing - do not lie to yourself.

Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Calm - stronger than emotions. Silence - louder than a scream. Indifference is worse than war.

Martin Luther

Having reached the end, people laugh at the fears that tormented them at the beginning.

Paulo Coelho

Don't ask me where it hurts. It hurts where no one can see.

Ray Bradbury

Everything will be fine. And even yesterday's mistakes will benefit us.

Bob Marley

One word can change your decision. One feeling can change your life. One person can change you.

Confucius

Give yourself to someone who will be grateful, who understands, loves and appreciates you.

Omar Khayyam

There are three things that most people are afraid of: trusting, telling the truth and being yourself.

Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

To rise you must fall, to gain you must lose.

Giving yourself does not mean selling. And sleeping next to each other does not mean sleeping with you. Not taking revenge does not mean forgiving everything. Not being close does not mean not loving!

Omar Khayyam

It sometimes happens that life separates two people only to show both how important they are to each other.

Paulo Coelho

Learn to appreciate someone who can’t live without you, and don’t chase after someone who is happy without you!

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The person who needs you will always find a way to be there.

Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov

And dozens of those who wanted your body are not worth the little finger of the one who loved your soul.

Omar Khayyam

You need to be able to close a boring book, leave a bad movie, and part with people who don’t value you.

Alexander Green

Don't be shy about your feelings and desires. There will be no other life for them!

Erich Maria Remarque

When you're having a hard time, always remind yourself that if you give up, it won't get better.

Mike Tyson

Previously, black caviar and imported jeans were considered in short supply. Today, sincerity, decency, and kindness are in short supply.

Oleg Roy

The most important words in our lives we speak silently.

Paulo Coelho

Everything comes in due time for those who know how to wait.

Honore de Balzac

You let people into your sea, but they don’t know how to swim and drown, blaming you for everything.

John Lennon

Before you diagnose yourself with depression and low self-esteem, make sure you are not surrounded by idiots.


Sigmund Freud

You cannot demand from dirt that it not be dirt.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Optimism is the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly; that everything is good, especially what is bad; what is true and what is false. Since optimism is a blind faith, it cannot be refuted. It is essentially a mental disorder that cannot be cured except by death. It is usually inherited, but fortunately it is not contagious.

Voltaire

Optimism is the passion to claim that everything is good when in reality everything is bad.

Jean Dutour

True optimism rests not on the belief that everything will be fine, but on the belief that not everything will be bad.

Milan Kundera

Nowadays, to be an optimist, you need to be a terrible cynic.

Stanislav Jerzy Lec

You need to spend optimism moderately so that it lasts until the end of the year.

Mark Twain

Sixty years ago, “optimist” and “fool” were not synonymous.

Francoise Podbert

An optimist is a person who buys a wallet with his last money.

Faina Ranevskaya

Optimism is a lack of information.

Gilbert Sesbron

Optimism is a caricature of hope.

Oscar Wilde

Optimism is based on pure fear.

Those who pretend to be good are taken seriously by the world. Those who pretend to be bad are not. Such is the boundless stupidity of optimists.

Mylene Farmer

Optimism scares me; it is constantly out of touch with reality.

Anton Chekhov

If you want to become an optimist and understand life, then stop believing what they say and write, but observe and delve into it yourself.

Albert Schweitzer

What is usually considered optimism is nothing more than a natural or acquired ability to see things in a rosy light.

Bernard Show

An optimist is a person who thinks about others as darkly as he thinks about himself, and hates them for it.

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An optimist is always able to see good side in the misfortunes of your neighbor.

An optimist is someone who believes that the future is uncertain.

The situation is good, but not hopeless.