We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
John Ruskin

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
Mikhail Bakunin

To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.
Janet Jackson

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
Pat Riley

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.
David Herbert Lawrence

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
Martin Yan

The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.
Franz Beckenbauer

At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further.
Franz Beckenbauer

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
Willie Nelson

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.
Ken Blanchard

God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
Edwin Louis Cole

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.
Geddy Lee

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
Joyce Brothers

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
Imre Lakatos

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Imre Lakatos

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Elbert Hubbard

The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.
Ho Chi Minh

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.
Peggy Fleming

I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.
Justin Bieber