Great Positive Quotes

Here is a small collection of great positive quotes, most of them you will have heard of but they are worth repeating.

Thinking is the hardest work there is

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. – Henry Ford

Opportunity is missed by most people because

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work. – Thomas Edison

The road is there it will always be there

The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it. – Chris Humphrey

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

The dreamers are the saviors of the world. - James Allen

The dreamers are the saviors of the world. – James Allen

There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children... one is roots, the other wings. -Stephen Covey

There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children… one is roots, the other wings. -Stephen Covey

Here are 10 additional positive and inspirational quotes:

  1. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
  2. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
  3. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
  4. “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” – Unknown
  5. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
  6. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen R. Covey
  7. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  8. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
  9. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
  10. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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About Steven Webb
Steven Webb is a Zen Buddhist meditation teacher, former Mayor of Truro, and host of the Stillness in the Storms and Inner Peace Meditations podcasts. Paralysed at 18 and reborn through a “dark night of the soul” at 40, he now guides millions worldwide (including one of Insight Timer’s most popular sleep practices) to find peace without perfection. By day, he’s a Truro City Councillor and Lib Dem candidate, advocating for dignity-first policies and community energy projects. Oh, and he once towed a replica helicopter 500 miles in his wheelchair to fundraise for Cornwall Air Ambulance.

“The breath knows how to breathe. Our job? Just allow it.”

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