The power of positive thinking is strong. It isn’t limited to your words or actions but can also affect those around you. Today, we’ve rounded up the best short stay positive quotes and sayings that are inspirational, motivating or funny that will help you be positive and focus on positive thinking.
These positive thinking quotes and sayings are reminders that things happen for a reason. We all get knocked down sometimes but we should remain strong, persevere and never give up.
Short Stay Positive Quotes for Instagram
“Stay positive; stay hopeful.” ― Joel Osteen
“Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” ― George Allen, Sr
“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” ― Jenn Proske
“People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It’s really important.” ― Kirsty Coventry
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” ― Michael Jordan
“If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton

“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” ― Widad Akrawi
“The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.” ― Domenico Dolce
“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” ― Dalai Lama
“Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.” ― Bikram Choudhury
“Surround yourself with positive people and situations, and avoid negativity.” ― Doreen Virtue
“I’m a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.” ― Leona Lewis
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” ― Zig Ziglar

“When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.” ― Yoko Ono
“I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.” ― Sonia Sotomayor
“I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.” ― Rosie Perez
“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” ― Joan Lunden
“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” ― Lou Holtz
“We think positive thoughts and we become a positive person.” ― Andrew Evans
Inspirational Quotes About Staying Positive
“If you absolutely can’t stay positive, don’t go negative, just cruise neutral for a while until you can get back up.” ― Terri Guillemets
“Stay positive in every situation and everything you do, never stop trying, have faith don’t stop due to failure.” ― Anurag Prakash Ray
“Stay positive. Sometimes you don’t even realize you’re blocking your own blessings by thinking negatively and holding on to the past. Learn to let go.” ― Germany Kent
“Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” ― Tena Desae
“Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems.” ― Pat Riley
“I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.” ― Imelda Marcos
“I’ve always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy.” ― Thalia
“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done.” ― Bo Bennett
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ― Willie Nelson
“Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain.” ― Robert A. Cook
“Positive energy knows no boundaries. If everyone were to spread positive energy on the Internet, the world would be a much better place.” ― Lu Wei
“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” ― Robert H. Schuller
“A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can’t do. I always look at the positive side of what I can do.” ― Chuck Norris
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama

“Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you’ll have much to live for.” ― Ralph Marston
“The more you are positive and say, ‘I want to have a good life,’ the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.” ― Chris Pine
“You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.” ― Deepak Chopra
“Having a positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.” ― Natalie Massenet
“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.” ― Demi Lovato
“Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals.” ― Amy Morin
“Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.” ― Germany Kent
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” ― Mary Lou Retton
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” ― Joyce Meyer
“Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.” ― Stefon Diggs
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” ― Shiv Khera

“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.” ― Jake Owen
“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” ― Hans Selye
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” ― Vince Lombardi
“I surround myself with good people who make me feel great and give me positive energy.” ― Ali Krieger
“Affirm the positive, visualize the positive and expect the positive, and your life will change accordingly.” ― Remez Sasson
“Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.” ― Les Brown
“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that’s a big part of what does make it work.” ― Shelley Long
“Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems.” ― Lesley Gore
“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” ― Deep Roy
“Once you believe that you can do something, there is not a single person in the universe who can convince you otherwise.” ― Germany Kent
“I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.” ― Yani Tseng
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy.” – Paolo Coelho

“Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.” ― Christie Brinkley
“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” ― Richard M. DeVos
“Optimism is the most important human trait because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.” ― Seth Godin
“When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective.” ― Harvey Mackay
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Funny Staying Positive Quotes
“If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.” ― Cavett Robert
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” ― Abraham Lincoln
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” ― Charlie Chaplin
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, ‘I’m not going to make it’, but you laugh inside remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” — Charles Bukowski
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!”” ― Audrey Hepburn
“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” ― Yogi Berra
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” ― E.A. Bucchianeri
“Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” — S. C. Lourie

“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there.” ― Shelley Long
“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey
“The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.” — Yiddish Proverb
“Happiness is a warm puppy.” ― Charles M. Schulz
“Be happy. It really annoys negative people.” ― Ricky Gervais
“Life is short. Be silly. Have fun. Regret nothing.” ― Karen Salmansohn
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?” — Captain Jack Sparrow
Life Quotes for Staying Positive
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” ― Dennis P. Kimbro
“Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” ― Matt Cameron
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.” ― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” ― Joel Osteen
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” ― Ellen DeGeneres

“I’m taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.” ― Pitbull
“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru
“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” ― Germany Kent
“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
“Enjoy life… that’s what we’re here for.” – David Faustino

“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ― Germany Kent
“Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you’ll see the world from another perspective.” ― Thea Kristine May
“It is better to dwell on the beautiful things in life than the negative.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
“If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened!” ― James Van Praagh
“Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.” — Conor McGregor
“Keep positive ― a positive mental attitude will get you further than you realise.” — Diann B. Murr
“There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.” — Hillary Clinton
“Keep positive. Stay focused. Stand strong. Fight on.” — Matshona Dhliwayo

“No matter what happens in your life … or where its roads lead you, always try to keep positive … It’ll will get you everywhere!” — Timothy Pina
“Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself… Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.” — Conor McGregor
“Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Meditation’ an exercise to keep positive things in mind by getting rid of the negatives.” — Samar Sudha
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.” — James Van Praagh
“I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn’t always do that.” — Gordon Lightfoot
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning – to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.” — Karen Salmansohn
“Your mind is like a garden – unless you cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish. To keep your mind positive, substitute positive thoughts for negative thoughts.” — Brian Tracy
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” — Lee Iacocca
“Although it’s not useful to drown in despair, it’s also not useful to keep a ‘positive attitude’ when this means concealing or denying real emotions.” — Harriet Lerner
Positive Thinking Quotes
“We become what we think about.” ― Earl Nightingale
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” ― Buddha
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ― Alice Walker
“To be happy is to think positively, confidently and optimistically.” ― Dr. T.P. Chia
“One of the most efficient ways you can improve your life is by simply thinking in a more positive way.” ― Robert Norman
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” ― Winston Churchill

“When you think positive, good things happen.” ― Matt Kemp
“Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively.” ― Dr. Amit Abraham
“Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible.” ― Rodolfo Costa
“Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass.” ― Ron Jaworski
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” ― Dr. Joyce Brothers
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” ― Zig Ziglar
“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” ― Robert H Schuller
“That is what positive thinking is all about. It’s about responding to life’s obstacles with a positive, never–back–down attitude.” ― Darrin Donnelly
“It’s hard, but it’s not as hard as you think if you think positive.” ― Shirlene Cooper
Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Phonda Byrne

“Research has shown, that people who are positive thinkers tend to have fewer colds and live longer and enjoy being in a state of good health.” ― Higher 301
“I personally believe that positive thinking creates a positive view toward life that can bring success and help lead a good, rich, healthy and happy life.” ― Bill Mcdowell
“Approached by someone who wants to achieve a specific dream, many of us offer simple advice: think positive!” ― Gabriele Oettingen
“It’s only the person who’s able to see beyond what things are at the moment to what things can be that truly deserves to be called a positive thinker.” ― Don McArt
“Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.” ― Mary Kay Ash
Be Happy Be Positive Quotes
“Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness.” ― William E. Gladstone
“The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.” ― Ben Stein
“I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.” ― Will Arnett
“Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams. Think about the possibility of what you plan to do and approach it with an optimistic action. Stay positively.” ― Israelmore Ayivor
“I have realized it is more important to be happy and enjoying the life you are living – win or lose.” ― Kiki Bertens
“Life is short, and if we enjoy every moment of every day, then we will be happy no matter what happens or what changes along the way.” ― Gretchen Bleiler
“Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.” ― J. Donald Walters
“If you want to be happy, be.” ― Leo Tolstoy
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” ― Anne Frank

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” ― Omar Khayyam
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” ― Audrey Hepburn
“Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.” ― Ralph Marston
“Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not.” ― Valerie Bertinelli
Stay Positive Sayings
“Staying positive is the foundation of moving on from any and all of life’s problems.”
“Happiness is like Change… it starts from within. Stay positive.”
“Don’t expect every day to be the best day in your life. But do expect the best from life, every day. Never ever give up, and always stay positive.”
“All the good things that will ever happen in your life, will begin with one simple thing… a positive thought.”
“Bad times will eventually, but your thoughts will last forever. Think positive.”
“Good things will happen in your life, but first you have to believe so. Be positive.”

“Your life’s biggest investment lies not in your bank account but in your ability to stay positive when things go wrong.”
“The smallest positive thought can lead up to your life’s best moments and the smallest negative thought can lead up to your life’s worst… which way do you want to go?”
“No problem can be solved with negativity. Staying positive is the only way to move forward.”
“Spend less time with people who make you feel small, and more with those that make you feel happy.”
“No matter how tough you’re doing it right now, never forget that the tiniest of positive thought can turn into the best thing to have ever happened to you.”
“Train your mind to see the good in every situation.”

“One of the first steps to staying happy and positive in life is to learn how to say no.”
“Positivity is the only answer to negativity… just like how light is the only one to darkness.”
“Staying positive is a lot like staying happy. No one and nothing can control it but you and your deepest thoughts.”
“You are what your thoughts are. Stay positive, stay happy.”
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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