The positive attitude quotes on this page are all from surnames and sources U to Z. For more words of wisdom about keeping a positive attitude take a look at the other pages: A to B – C to D – E to G – H to K – L to M – N to R – S to T. There are also for words from unknown sources on the Attitude Sayings page, and a condensed version of all of these pages on 100 Positive Attitude Quotes.
Positive Attitude Quotes: V
Gary Vaynerchuk 1975
Love your family. Work super hard. Live your passion.
Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.
You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don’t do things because I do them, or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.
Virgil 70BC – 19BC
They can because… they think they can.
Virgil 70BC – 19BC
Love conquers all things… let us too give in to love.
Doreen Virtue
If someone says or does something hurtful, call upon Heaven for protection and healing.
Voltaire 1694 – 1778
Appreciation is an excellent thing. It makes what is excellent in others, belong to us as well.
Think for yourselves… and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.
Wherever my travels may lead, Paradise is where I am.
Positive Attitude Quotes: W
Mark Wahlberg 1971
If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I’m doing the right thing. That ten minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.
I’m always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.
Denis Waitley 1933
Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Mary Waldrip
A laugh is a smile that bursts.
Alice Walker 1944
‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that’s going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.
J. Donald Walters 1926 – 2013 The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.
Neale Donald Walsch 1943
See the world with the innocence of children.
Approach the world with the daring of children.
Love the world with the readiness of children.
Heal the world with the purity of children.
Change the world with the wisdom of children.
Neale Donald Walsch 1943
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not an idle one. How you answer the question will determine how you live the rest of your life. It will determine the quality of your life.
There is enough.
Words may help you understand something, but experience allows you to know. Never ever trade your own experience for someone else’s words about anything that is really important… like God, for instance, or Love, or what is true about another.
Becky Walsh
The more we love in a day, the more our intuition works.
William Arthur Ward 1921 – 1994
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
A well-developed sense of humour is the pole that adds balance to your steps, as you walk the tightrope of life.
Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
Before you speak…Listen.
Before you write…Think.
Before you spend…Earn.
Before you criticize…Wait.
Before you pray…Forgive.
Before you quit…Try.
Before you retire…Save.
Before you die…Give.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
William Arthur Ward 1921 – 1994
Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.
Forgiveness is a funny thing…
It warms the heart and cools the sting.
Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
Learn and grow all you can.
Serve and befriend all you can.
Enrich and inspire all you can.
Nothing limits achievement like small thinking.
Nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
Optimists… enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
The more generous we are the more joyous we become.
The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become.
The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become.
The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.
The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optimist expects it to change.
The realist adjusts the sails.
To make mistakes is human, to stumble is commonplace, to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
Vow to be valiant.
Resolve to be radiant.
Determine to be dynamic.
Strive to be sincere.
Aspire to be attuned.
We can… throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them
or build with them.
We must be silent before we can listen.
We must listen before we can learn.
We must learn before we can prepare.
We must prepare before we can serve.
We must serve before we can lead.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Booker T. Washington 1856 – 1915
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which one has overcome.
Alan Watts 1915 – 1973
I have realised that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Things are as they are. Looking out into the Universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
Isaac Watts 1674 – 1748
In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbour in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbour.
H.G. Wells 1866 – 1946
The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.
Paul Wellstone 1944 – 2002
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.
The kind of goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product – it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?
We all do better, when we all do better.
We can remake the world daily.
John Wesley 1703 – 1791
Do all the good you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles…
Look over and above them.
I look upon all the world as my parish.
Walt Whitman 1819 – 1892
All things of the Universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
Peace is always beautiful.
Macrina Wiederkehr
O God, help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.
David Wilcock 1973
Finding the core of truth within yourself… That truth that knows and trusts that All Is Well, and that chooses Love… Is the greatest spiritual attainment you can ever make.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850 – 1919
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe’er thy pathway leads on Earth, there thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.
I’m no reformer, for I see more light
Than darkness in the world; mine eyes are quick
To catch the first dim radiance of the dawn
And slow to note the cloud that threatens the storm
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.
Thornton Wilder 1897 – 1975
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Anthony Douglas Williams
Creating new paths requires moving old obstacles.
Don’t let your age control your life… Let your life control your age.
Anthony Douglas Williams
If you live with love… You will love living.
I see God every day… For God is in everything I see.
Anthony Douglas Williams
If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.
Anthony Douglas Williams
If you want to be happy… You will be.
Like the sun, we are attracted to people who shine with warmth and brightness.
Not a single creature on Earth has more or less right to be here.
Anthony Douglas Williams
Our purpose is simple… To Love.
To love each other, to love all life and to love our Earth.
Our words reveal our heart, our actions reveal our Soul.
Shine your light on love and truth and your Soul will glow.
Show your love wherever you go, and enjoy love’s blossoms whenever you return.
Anthony Douglas Williams
Spirituality is not a religion… It is a way of life.
The miracle of life is enough for me to believe in miracles.
Anthony Douglas Williams
Travel the road of love and you will never be lost.
Anthony Douglas Williams
What would you think if all your thoughts reached Heaven?
Anthony Douglas Williams
When our actions are based on good intentions, our Soul has no regrets.
With each person our heart loves, our Soul becomes stronger.
Marianne Williamson 1952
If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Marianne Williamson 1952
Only love can bring us peace. And the experience of love is a choice we make, a mental decision to see love as the only real purpose and value in any situation.
People hear you on the level you speak to them from.
Speak from your heart and they will hear with theirs.
The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
Marianne Williamson 1952
Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.
Anne Wilson-Schaef
We don’t make mistakes… We just have learnings.
Oprah Winfrey 1954
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey 1954
Doing the best at this moment, puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Every day brings a chance for you to…
Draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and dance.
I always knew I was a hit record just waiting to happen.
I don’t believe in failure… It’s not failure if you enjoyed the process.
Once you understand that God is the centre of the Universe, it’s all very simple. Not a day goes by that I don’t say, ‘Thank you. I’m truly blessed.’
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
When I look at the future it’s so bright it burns my eyes.
You can find the sacred in the most ordinary of things.
Joseph B. Wirthlin 1917 – 2008
Come what may… And love it.
No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities…
Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.
Rachel Wolchin
I step outside each day with the intention of being blown away by something ordinary.
pic: Lucy
Rachel Wolchin
In life, you’ll meet two kinds of people: the ones who build you up and the ones who tear you down. In the end, you’ll thank them both.
Learn to love yourself like no one else will ever do it better. Because, no one will.
We can’t control the filters that others choose when they look at us.
John Wooden 1910 – 2010
Make each day your masterpiece.
Virginia Woolf 1882 – 1941
As a woman I have no country.
As a woman my country is the whole world.
Henry Wotton 1568 – 1639
How happy is he born and taught,
That serveth not another’s will;
Whose armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill.
Wovoka 1856 – 1932
aka Jack Wilson
Do right always. It will give you satisfaction in life.
Lois Wyse 1926 – 2007
If you can’t add to the discussion, don’t subtract by talking.
Positive Attitude Quotes: Y
Shelley Yates
Once you remember who you are, a Divine Being of the Universal Light of Grace, then you can no longer see others the same, for they too are a Divine piece of the same Source.
Adam Yauch 1964 – 2012
Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world, and whatever influence you have. All of it has an effect.
Adam Yauch 1964 – 2012
Everything we do affects other people.
Adam Yauch 1964 – 2012
If I feel like I’ve done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.
William Butler Yeats 1865 – 1939
I have believed the best of every man. And to find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
There are no strangers here.. Only friends you haven’t met yet.
Paramahansa Yogananda 1893 – 1952
If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
Paramahansa Yogananda 1893 – 1952
Kindness is the Light that dissolves all walls between Souls, families and nations.
Paramahansa Yogananda 1893 – 1952
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
Margaret Young
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards, they try to have more things or more money in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are then do what you need to do in order to have what you want.
Malala Yousafzai 1997
One child, one teacher, one pen and one book, can change the world.
This is what my Soul is telling me… Be peaceful and love everyone.
Lin Yutang 1895 – 1976
I have done my best… that is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
Positive Attitude Quotes: Z
Doe Zantamata
Choose to see the world through grateful eyes. It will never look the same way again.
Zig Ziglar 1926 – 2012
Be helpful, when you see a person without a smile, give them yours.
Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important, and by far the most life changing.
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
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