Here are 15 positive quotes to motivate you to stay feeling happy and confident – and to keep looking on the bright side of things. So I wrote and designed these “be positive quotes” from a place of true empathy and understanding. To everything there is a bright side and a dark side; and I hold it to be unwise, unphilosophic, unkind to others, and unhealthy for one's own soul, to form the habit of looking on the dark side. Times where nothing seems to go right. Looking on the Bright Side - Quotes to Stay Positive. I’m a recovered anxiety sufferer. 101 Positive Quotes to Help You Look on the Bright Side Here's the ultimate list of positive quotes--including some classic words of advice and a lot of new ones you probably won't find elsewhere. 8 quotes have been tagged as looking-on-the-bright-side: Bethany Crandell: ‘But that's when life starts gettin good, right? Days where the sun doesn't seem to be shining in your direction. I am resolved to cherish cheerfulness with might and main. Everyone has bad days. Cheerfulness is to the spiritual atmosphere what sunshine is to the earthly landscape.