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There are many inspirational quotes about positive thinking ranging from those applicable to everyday situations to business, science, psychology and everything else one might think of. Interestingly enough, a good percentage of these actually pre-date the positive thinking concept as initially promoted by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale some sixty years ago. One website offers quotes for more than 120 topics; others are offered in more 'targeted' categories. All are free for the downloading, but many contain related ads for purchasing products and programs. There are offline collections of quotations on positive thinking too in the form of available library books.
Many of the quotes from famous people that pre-date the formal concept serve to point out that positive thing was embraced much earlier, even though undefined as a formal method of improvement. This makes it apparent that highly-successful individuals owe at least a portion of their successes to having and utilizing positive thinking and self talk as an inherent characteristic of their minds. Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey, Carl Gustav Jung, Mahatma Gandhi, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Benjamin Franklin, to name just a few, have all uttered numerous wise phrases that are heavily quoted well before positive thinking gained popularity amongst the masses.
Is it logical to assume, then, that success only comes to positive thinkers? Or is positive thinking merely an attribute that aids success when applied only to certain situations by people who have less than positive attitudes in general? There are, after all, those circumstances in life that require some degree of negative thinking if for nothing else than a cautionary measure for self protection. Engineers, for example, are taught to design products and systems for 'worst case scenarios' to assure reliability and function in less than ideal conditions. Guaranteeing proper operation under the worst possible conditions is both cautionary and wise.
Some of the older quotes from well-known people really point up their use of positive thinking principles even if they were undefined as a concept when spoken. For example, Albert Einstein said in the 1920's, "You have to learn the rules of the game. And you have to play better than anyone else." He certainly applied that rule in developing his Theory of Relativity. Winston Churchill, while Prime Minister of England during World War II said, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Mahatma Gandhi is often quoted as saying, "A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes." These are very-tangible evidence that positive thinking is indeed an old concept that helped great people to achieve their greatness. Therein lies the great value of positive thinking quotations.
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