Positive Thinking Quotes

True sweetness is to be peaceful in every thought, word and deed. The one who is peaceful in thoughts is able to be sweet in words and positive in actions. Such a person is able to give others an experience of one's own positive qualities and those of others too. So there is beauty, positivity and sweetness perceived in such a person's life. When we are totally peaceful, we are able to experience our own inner beauty. In the silence of the mind, we are able to see everything in a positive way. So we have nothing that is a difficult situation, but only situations that bring out the best from within us. We experience the sweetness of life and continue to move on towards success.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Words! They are all around me! I see them. I use them. Harsh words, soothing words, biting words; words that give pain and sorrow; words that give joy and pleasure. They are vital to communication. When words are spoken there are reactions, negative or positive. Either thoughts are triggered or emotions fired or actions performed. Words colour our behaviour. And how lovely it is to hear words that are calm and free from rancour and aggression. To hear words that lift the soul and leave it with renewed vigour. Such words are the sparks of purity. It is important to remember that my speech indicates what is in my mind. As the thinking, so the words uttered. Mental calmness makes my words calm.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Rest does not come with sleeping, it comes with waking. This is both an insight and an action of enlightenment. When we are enlightened we relise that real rest is possible only when we become free of illusion and we no longer struggle against life. Illusion is the idea that people should be, and do, what we want them to. The truth is, all is as it should be, despite appearances, or our perceptions of others to the contrary. This means you can be easy on yourself, easy with others and easy with the world around you. Easiness is a virtue, an attractive one at that. It is much more influential than force. So quit forcing, end the struggling and . . . relax!

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

~ Aeschylus

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.

~ Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.

~ Thomas Jefferson

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.

~ Edmund Burke

Science may have found a cure for most evils;
but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all --
the apathy of human beings.

~ Helen Keller

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

~ Pema Chodron

A ship in harbor is safe,
but that is not what ships are for.

~ John A. Shedd

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

~ Anonymous

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered,
you will never grow.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is more in us than we know.
If we can be made to see it,
perhaps, for the rest of our lives,
we will be unwilling to settle for less.

~ Kurt Hahn

"If you instill in your child a love of the outdoors
and an appreciation of nature,
you will have given him a treasure no one can take away."

~ Ted Trueblood

Happiness stays in the life of the one who has faith in the self. When there is faith, there is obvious happiness visible in thought, word and action. Whatever the obstacles come by, faith in the self brings the confidence to face all obstacles very easily and happily. Whatever the task we take up let us remind ourselves again and again that we are going to succeed in it. This gives us the faith to go on with happiness in spite of seeming difficulties.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Happiness comes when there is self-sovereignty. Being a self-sovereign enables to have control over the self. If not, when there are negative or difficult situations, there would be sorrow. When there is control there will be no expectations from situations to change, but there will be the courage to change oneself. When things go wrong, instead of worrying or waiting for things to change, we need to remind ourselves that we are a self-sovereign and we will be able to bring about a change in ourselves. When we work on ourselves and change we can be happy.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

The scriptures talk about Hanuman carrying a huge mountain on the palm of his hand, like a ball. In the same way, even if obstacles and difficulties as big as a mountain come, we need to change that huge thing into a small toy and let it pass, as in a game. Be light and make others feel light. This is called tolerance.



~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is.
It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice.
It is what enables the soldier to die alone,
the political prisoner to resist,
the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

~ Mark Helprin

"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."

~ Tony Robbins

"No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person
to believe or to disbelieve."

~ Thomas Carlyle

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect
but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity.
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."

~ Carl Jung

"If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes.
But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.
It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you.
The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit."

~ Bill Clinton

From long familiarity, we know what honor is.
It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice.
It is what enables the soldier to die alone,
the political prisoner to resist,
the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

~ Mark Helprin

"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."

~ Tony Robbins

"No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person
to believe or to disbelieve."

~ Thomas Carlyle

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect
but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity.
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."

~ Carl Jung

"If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes.
But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.
It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you.
The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit."

~ Bill Clinton

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere,
wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.

~ William H. Sheldon

"Make a game of finding something positive in every situation.
Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined
by how you interpret events to yourself."

~ Brian Tracy

The life of inner peace,
being harmonious and without stress,
is the easiest type of existence.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

~ Napoleon Hill

The jealous are troublesome to others,
but a torment to themselves.

~ William Penn

The one who has love and is able to forgive is the one who brings lightness. Love brings the power to forgive. When we love someone it is very easy to forgive even when something goes wrong. Then we are able to do something to better the situation. This environment of lightness based on forgiveness inspires the other person to contribute too. This brings about learning and progress without any feeling of heaviness. When we find someone making a mistake, let us remind ourselves that if we have to help the person progress we have to forgive. Along with it let us learn from the mistake myself and provide an environment of lightness and learning for the other person too. Then the mistake will never be repeated helping him to move forward with lightness.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Responsibility is to honor the role that has been entrusted and to perform it to the best of one's ability. Just as the actor accepts whatever role he is given and performs to the best of his ability, in the same way taking up responsibility for one's life is to accept and honor the role so that the performance is the best under all circumstances. The result is that time and resources are utilized to bring maximum benefit. Each day let us remind ourselves that we are a good actor who brings out the best of whatever role we get. Instead of thinking of what we don't have, we need to start looking at what we have and using it in the best possible way.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

To have the balance of being a master and a child is to experience constant success. To have the right balance means to know when to be a master and when to be a child. When I give an idea or makes a contribution, it is as a master - with total authority. But while the idea is heard by others and is being criticised I become a child. There is no attachment to the idea, but the mind is open to receive new thoughts in order to enrich what is already there. When I am able to maintain a balance between being master and a child, I am able to experience constant happiness I am able to put forth my creative ideas with confidence. Yet I am not upset when someone criticises my ideas. On the contrary, I am constantly learning and moving forward. So I constantly experience success.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

It is very easy to create unity and make others a part of unity - if we can only pay special attention to one aspect - accumulate the power of truth. The power of truth alone can destroy the number one enemy of unity - ego. With ego out of the way, it is easy to create an atmosphere of harmony. The greatness of truth is the ability to come together with love, and accept each other's different ideas with love.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

"I am only one; but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
I will not refuse to do something I can do."

~ Helen Keller

Tolerance is the first principle of community;
it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

~ Helen Keller

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding.
I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

~ Helen Keller

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life.
If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it,
then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

~ Helen Keller

Although the world is full of suffering,
it is full also of the overcoming of it.
My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil,
but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good
and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good,
that it may prevail.

~ Helen Keller

If I am happy in spite of my deprivations,
if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith,
so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life.
If, in short, I am an optimist,
my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing.

~ Helen Keller