It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy... you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

"I just do not hang around anybody that i don't want to be with. Period. For me, that's been a blessing, and I can stay positive. I hang around people who are happy, who are growing, who want to learn, who don't mind sayin sorry or thank you... and [are] having a fun time."

"You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one."

"Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid."

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."