Positive Sayings
- It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and injustice - Day of Affirmation Address at the University of Capetown, South Africa, 1966.
Positive News
Jack Ma failed his college entrance exam – twice. He was turned down for a number of jobs, including as the secretary to the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. He borrowed $2,000 to start a website, and is now the billionaire chairman of Alibaba, China’s most important Internet company.
When 17 year old Aria Ottmueller, who is legally blind, approached her track coach about participating in the pole vault event she was told "Ha, no. Absolutely not." This being Positive Press, guess who just qualified for the state championship in pole vaulting.
Positive Perspective
Economic stability, air safety, sanitation systems and accountants – what do they all have in common? They’re among the topics we cover in our series of essays that analyze the past and find in it positive things to light the way ahead.
Positive Essays
Our hand-picked selection of insightful essays that argue for a positive view of the world and of yourself.
Positive Stories
An assortment of entertaining short fiction with a positive message. Our introductory series Johnny Brownpants was written especially for children, with short stories for adults to follow soon.
How Did They Succeed?
David Beckham, Warren Buffett and John McCain are among the celebrities whose success stories come under the microscope in our analysis of what it takes to get to the top: family connections? Luck? Or good old fashioned ruthlessness?
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