You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.
It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us - and the key here is constant familiarity. The nature of human thoughts and emotions is such that the more you engage in them, the more you consciously develop them, the more powerful they become.
I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may have no positive commandment for it, but we believe that it is so much in accord with the genius and spirit of the gospel, and that it is so commended by the example of the saints, that the neglect thereof is a strange inconsistency.
Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
I don't think the ongoing negotiations with the Taliban will yield a positive result
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation points become more frequent, and that it culminates where they are changed to marks of positive dissent. I venture to record the opinion that the value of the work reaches a maximum in a passage that is demonstrably incorrect.
It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
The most important thing you wear is your personality.
If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.
If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.
The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
