15 Positive Life Quotes with Explanation

Faizan Javed
7 min readDec 3, 2019

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An Interesting Fact:

Positives Quotes , according to google search tools have 100K — 1Million Search Volume [on average Monthly searches].

And if we add some other search queries like “Motivational Quotes” or “Inspirational Quotes” then the volume will expand exponentially, which is a proof that a huge no of people search for positive life quotes.

Today i want to reflect on some handpicked and random but meaningful life quotes and sayings

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Scroll down for some interesting reflections and ideas on each quotes!

15 Positive Life Quotes with Explanation

1 — “Life is all about having a good time” -Miley Cyrus

This quote is the universal message for all of us. Most of the time we are in a mood of “not having a good time” without any reason.

We can practice this “state of having a good time” by focusing on what positive actions we can take? in the current situation no matter what.

2 — “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you” -Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd is sharing the idea of becoming frank with the nature :)

but how?

One way to easily feel the importance of this quote is after feeling what we feel when are close to nature

Just dedicating few minutes each day is enough to turn this quote into action

3 — “Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream” — Malcolm Muggeridge

Malcolm is critically highlighting the fact that most of the time we are going with the flow and we call it a fate; but how we can forget another known philosophy of life ? i.e “ You are the creator of your own destiny” :)

So if you are going with the flow then surely you are not creating or controlling your our destiny therefore you cannot blame the flow with which your are swimming in you life.

To feel the practice joy of this quote you need to focus on developing your stone habits and life discipline to swim against the traditions and to make your own path in no matter which walk of life you are in right now!

4 — “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”-Oscar Wilde.

Oscar wilde in search of those few beings who really life in their life

This also relates with the Quote #1 as both philosophies are fundamentally same but presented with different point of views.

Oscar said by comparing “life” and “existence” of people whereas Miley related the real life by having a good time.

To take the practical benefit of this quote one should be continuously improving the way he or she lives in life.

5 — “Every flower is a soul blossoming in the nature “— Gerard De Nerval

This quote is mainly for nature lovers which anyone somehow is :)

So, a French writer who is best known for his novellas and poems beautifully explains about all flowers on earth. He calls the process of flower growth just like a “soul” that shines out in the nature

You can remind this quote when you are in garden or whenever you get a chance to see any beautiful flower.

6 — “Thinking; the talking of the soul with itself” -Plato

Have you read this quote before? chances are more because Plato was an Athenian philosopher and have many quotes and sayings shared on the internet and top social media sites.

Just Imagine how great it would feel if you can talk to your soul? Plato gives the good news as for him the act of thinking can be a perfect substitute to talking to your soul.

Its about “me time” when you are having your own company.

This state can be called as meditation or self talk which is a the best and a must thing to do in today's life.

So plan some time, even few minutes daily to talk to yourself out of today's rushy and distracted life.

7 — “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough “-Rabindranath Tagore

If you love nature then here is another quote but this time instead of flower we have a butterfly at the heart of this inspirational life quote.

Wait a second!

Let me remind my childhood moments that i am sure you can also relate with;

“when i am running to catch butterflies”

“The time of staring the beauty and enjoying the physics how a butterfly flies in the air”

These two moments are still there in my mind to recall which is in short clue to me and you also regarding “living a life with loads of enjoyable moments ” rather a life just made of hollow days, months and years.

I hope you got the “point to remember” in this quote i.e “moments not months, that matters in your life”

8 — “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success “— Shiv Khera

We are trying to reflect on the quote #08 from our list said by Shiv Khera.

So Shiv, who is an Indian author of self-help books and an activist shares an an idea about success in a simple equation which is

Your Positive Actions+ Your Positive Thinking = Your Success !

This motivational life quote is self explanatory i.e if you want to be successful what you need is loads of positive steps towards you life goals and combating the difficulties through positive thinking.

9 —” The world needs more people who can spread positive vibes”-

This quote encourages us to welcome optimism in our lives to spread positive vibes as the world needs it badly. Choose to be Positive no Matter What!

A quick Question! (please respond with a practical answer)

Are you the 1 ? out of those people who spread positive vibes?

Please take a moment to comment the name of the author of this quote #09 (i will update here and give you the credit )

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At the minimum. please give this post a clap to show you are one on them who support positive vibes….

This brings to us to Quote # 10

10 — “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value” -Albert Einstein

There are some other areas of life than your personal achievements where to need to put your equal time and effort to have a life balance.

Materialistic achievements should not be the only measure of your success. Being a valuable person for others is equally important.

Taking care of your family and friends and the people you came across is also essential accordingly to Einstein and actually that is a fact!

11 — “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it” — Henry David

When i read this success quote first , i didn't understand it at all because the literal meaning gives a sense of being obsessed with your goals

but i was wrong …

The point here is to have a focused mindset towards your aims and targets and utilizing the time at your best.

The central idea of David`s Motivational Quote here is to have a focused yet a balanced life style.

12 — Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better -Albert Einstein

Do you know what happens when you deeply look into anything ?

Scientifically your mind starts to absorb more information about what you just have focused.

Its starts to collect more information like color, pattern, design ,shape etc

Einstein also said he has no special talent BUT he is passionately curious which i think opens the doors to learning, to understand, to solve, and to invent new ideas and solutions

Likewise spending time with nature is not only about pure oxygen and relaxation but you also improve your “observation

13– Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second-Mattie Stepanek

I am sure that Stepanek said this quote in a deep mood.

🌇You can relate sunset positively to starts as stars without darkness cannot shine🌟

🌈The second part is rainbow that everybody likes to point out when it rains. Rainbow is also a sign of hope, colorfulness, multidimensional and bright approach towards life

Its about art of a nature that you can see almost everyday (sunset). When you have deep sense of understanding colors and patterns then simple natural sights could mean a totally different thing for you.

So work hard to become a rainbow and shine a star ⭐

14 — “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them” -Jo Walton

Jo Waltson highlighted many things in his simple life quote

If you consider this quote for a minute then you will notice its a reminder about life management and being in harmony with the nature

Its about time management, waking up early and before the sunrise.

How many sights we have missed so far?

Its time to take action to be punctual in life.

15 — “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises” - Pedro Calderon de la Barca

What do you think about this nature quote?

When i read this quote “nature”, “freshness” and “peace” comes in mind.

I would love to hear your thoughts about this quote & for all quotes in comments.

Conclusion:

I enjoyed having you here on this post and after these loads of thoughts sharing session i want to conclude this piece of writing in a quotable format :)

So here we go with the conclusion…!

Every motivational quote and saying is an opportunity to think, to learn and to practically utilize in your life — Faizan Javed

I’m so glad to see such a great response so far🙏 🙂

(Stats Updated on September 23th, 2023)

May you have High optimism levels ✌️

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Faizan Javed

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