Positive Quotes

Optimism is a discipline too. These 25 positive quotes are bright without being naive — reminders of what's good, what's possible and what's worth your energy today. A good page to visit before the news, not after.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. — Rabindranath Tagore
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Rabindranath Tagore
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. — Ramana Maharshi
Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
Ramana Maharshi
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. — Rumi
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
Rumi
Be realistic: plan for a miracle. — Osho
Be realistic: plan for a miracle.
Osho
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. — Kahlil Gibran
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Kahlil Gibran
What you seek is seeking you. — Rumi
What you seek is seeking you.
Rumi
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. — Kahlil Gibran
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.
Kahlil Gibran
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. — Dalai Lama
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai Lama
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. — Gautama Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Gautama Buddha
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. — Gautama Buddha
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Gautama Buddha
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. — Rabindranath Tagore
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Rabindranath Tagore
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. — Kahlil Gibran
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. — Gautama Buddha
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Gautama Buddha
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. — Dalai Lama
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Dalai Lama
To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure? — Confucius
To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?
Confucius
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. — Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Lao Tzu
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