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positive

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

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

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

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

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

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

I want always to be positive.

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

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

Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction.

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

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

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.