Positive quotes are like a seed that causes internal growth and maturity. Like affirmations, these positive sayings are partly responsible for guiding our thoughts on the right path.

Optimistic life quotes have the ability to shift our thoughts from worry, doubt, aggravation, and fear to inspiration, motivation, faith, and confidence. I have devised a list of 10 positive quotes and biblical references below.

1. Clear your mind of can’t. – Samuel Johnson
(I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. – Philippians 4:13)

2. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. – Unknown
(Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. – 2 Corinthians 6:17)

3. Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. – William A. Ward
(If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. – Proverbs 24:10)

4. Character is what you are in the dark. – Dwight L. Moody
(The integrity of the upright shall guide them… – Proverbs 11:3)

5. The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
(…For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. – Philippians 4:11,13)

6. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. – Unknown
(Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him… – Daniel 6:3)

7. If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything!
(…If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. – Isaiah 7:9)

8. A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s. – Jean Paul Richter
(A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. – Matthew 12:35)

9. What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. – James 2:18)

10. I don’t know the secret to success but the key to failure is to try to please everyone. – Bill Cosby
(Am I now trying to win the approval of man or of God? – Galatians 1:10a)

It is my intent that these optimistic life quotes empower and equip you. My desire is that they put you in a positive mindset that encourages and motivates you as you charge forth on your journey of life.

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