Always upbeat, always happy, always putting you in a good mood. — Kim Dotcom
Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there? — Sayings
I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though. — Norah Jones
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose. — Unknown
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose. — Earl Weaver
Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. — Nelson Mandela
Cheer up every person you interact with (including yourself). — Sark
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. — Henry Rollins
I'm pretty positive, optimistic, so I always expect the best. — Jurgen Klopp
A person with a positive attitude is like a fruit of all seasons. — Shiv Khera
The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer. — Maya Angelou
A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good. — Colbie Caillat
I think preppy stands for optimism, confidence, energy and authenticity. — Tommy Hilfiger
Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. — Mark Hoppus
I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus. — Tommy Shaw
My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her. — Lamar Odom
I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people. — William Gurstelle
I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s. — George Michael
Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times. — Sienna Miller
He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete. — Pat Cash
Nice characters are boring! I like writing upbeat characters - that's my natural tendency. — Marjorie M. Liu
Positive Upbeat Quotes
If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way. — John C. Maxwell
Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative. — Ralph Marston
For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life. — Ellen DeGeneres
In any walk of life, a positive, upbeat outlook trumps any adversarial act. Revenge is counterproductive. Unproductive emotions limit one's ability to move forward, to focus, to think positively, to act creatively. — Jon Huntsman, Jr.
I'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. — Casey Kasum
I really wanted to make something that was exciting for everybody, that everybody could enjoy, that was upbeat and positive and that everybody can dance to. — Corbin Bleu
The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy' listening to it. — Liz Miller
It's more fun to hang out with someone who's upbeat and positive than it is to hang out with Hater McWhineypants. — Robin Epstein
I like being upbeat, positive, happy, enjoying family. — Jamie Lynn Sigler
If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a recession. We've had growth; people need to know that. They need to be more upbeat, more positive. — Dan Quayle
Happy Upbeat Quotes
He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness. — Emily Giffin
Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows. — Beck
What's wrong with you? I asked myself. You are a happy person. You are an upbeat sort of person. Men smile at you on the subway, women ask you what shampoo you use. Cheer up for Christ's sake, I told myself, relax, you're fine, be happy, Girl. When I talk to myself I call myself Girl. — Jennifer Belle
I'm not that worried about [my parents] right now because they are happy people. I'm pleased that in their later years, in spite of physical ailments, they're upbeat. — George W. Bush
Working on solo material is something I had always dreamed of doing, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. 'Everything To Me' is a very personal song to me lyrically; it is such an upbeat and optimistic record, perfect for the summer. I can't wait for people to hear it! — Shane Filan
For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes. — Ron Suskind
Positive Uplifting Quotes
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. — Joyce Meyer
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. — Francis Bacon
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. — John D. Rockefeller
Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it? — Max Lucado
Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. — Alice Walker
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments. — Roger Federer
Make a conscious effort to surround yourself with positive, nourishing, and uplifting people -- people who believe in you, encourage you to go after your dreams, and applaud your victories. — Jack Canfield
Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them. — Sakyong Mipham
I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great country with great potential. — Ratan Tata
People will always criticize. Stay upbeat and love yourself! There's nothing wrong with being different. — Krystal
As I’ve reviewed Schwab’s work, he reminds me of a stage magician, diverting your attention with one hand, so you don’t see what he’s doing with the other. It’s easy to be fooled, as Schwab is comfortable with the kind of gee-whiz, ain’t it cool, upbeat, pop psychology business books that were once so popular. One can view him as a well-trained persuader, but once you see the game he’s playing, it’s difficult to retain any respect for him. — Alex Jones
No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude! — Buddy Valastro
[My favorite decade] probably the '60s, because there were hardly any rules and heroin hadn't shown up, so people hadn't started dying. It was incredibly upbeat, and we almost did change the world. I guess that was the best one . — Lemmy Kilmister
Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs. — Mark Hoppus
When a leader is upbeat in the face of discouraging circumstances, others admire that quality and want to be like her. — John C. Maxwell
I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he's terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time. — Paul Giamatti
I don't really know what 'a dark place' means. I have windows in my house, and I'm generally an upbeat person! A lot of people throw that word at me because I wear a lot of black and leather. — Natalia Kills
I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat. — Leonard Maltin
Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything, so that we will miss nothing. Partly it's greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do. — Agnes De Mille
It was Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto, Francesca Abraham realized as the radio alarm went off. Lively, unrelentingly upbeat, it was the perfect tempo in which to start the day. Covering her head with a pillow, she reached out blindly and urgently, desperate to shut the damn thing off. — Naomi Ragen
Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness. — Terry Eagleton
The very funny thing about "Like A Rolling Stone" is it was a six minute song, there was no music to read from. And there I was playing this unfamiliar instrument. So I would come in on the upbeat of one. I would wait until the band played the chord, and then as quickly as I could come in play the chord. — Al Kooper
Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements. — Serj Tankian
Things that Never Cross a Mans Mind is probably one of my favorite upbeat tempo songs because it is just a sassy song, and its a fun song. — Kellie Pickler
You find the most in not any particular denomination specifically. It's the style of worship. So if we have what we call a charismatic worship style, that means upbeat music and a more lively style of preaching usually, people are allowed to clap, say "Amen," whether they're mainline Protestant, conservative Protestant, and Catholics, whatever, they're much more likely to be integrated. — Michael Emerson
I'm interested in pitches that have compelling people and ideas at the core - and a good news peg certainly doesn't hurt. We look for stories that are solutions-oriented, but not irrationally upbeat, from writers with a strong voice. For LadyJournos, where I'm curating not editing. — Ann Friedman
Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts. — Karl Weick
Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest of the altruistic scum of the earth. Why do these people want to feel good? They want to feel good in order to convince themselves that they are good. — P. J. O'Rourke
I remember listening to like gospel-y blues tunes. I'd just listen to the rhythm and the music was upbeat. Always upbeat if you get like a good rhythm you can nod your head. You just feel good. But then when you listen to the lyrics it was quite sad. — Michael Kiwanuka
I think music is better listened to with other people. Music is better shared. It depends what situation you're in - if it's a song by Tom Waits, it can be nice to be on your own, but if it's something slightly more upbeat, it's amazing to be around people. — Tom Odell
The World Bank is the monopoly provider of poverty data and, partly due to a leadership change there, the World Bank's reporting has been heavily on the rosy side since about 2000. The Bank's cultivation of an upbeat picture affords a very interesting lesson in statistics and how you can, depending on which numbers you present and how you present them, create a more positive or more negative impression of the evolution of poverty. — Thomas Pogge
I'm, by nature, a really optimistic person. It goes back to my parents having been each divorced three times and my finding some way to survive all that. I always managed to survive by being upbeat. — Hector Tobar
You know when you are doing a movie like [Ted Bundy] you try to as much as you can keep it upbeat when you are not working on the scene, so you cannot totally get disgusted and lost in it and also from my point of view I was ignorant to it all what was kind of going on. — Boti Bliss
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