think positive

Idioms  

1. Be optimistic, concentrate on the good rather than the bad, as in It's true you were fired but think positive—now you can look for a job you really like. This expression comes from the psychological doctrine of positive thinking, which gained currency with Norman Vincent Peale's popular book, The Power of Positive Thinking (1953). [Second half of 1900s]

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think positive

"Don't be negative, think positive and become successful."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

“It’s up to us to fight back and think positive and have more faith in God,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Investors had been somewhat reluctant to think positive signs could persist, but they increasingly think the Federal Reserve will soften the blow of interest rate hikes on the economy, she said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 30, 2023

“We wanted to have confidence and think positive and it worked better for us.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2020

At times she’d be happy for days on end, announcing that she had decided to think only positive thoughts, because if you think positive thoughts, then positive things will happen to you.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls