Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

Your attitude is contagious.

People love positivity, and I think that's what I show.

I don't like the word power, because I don't really care about power. No, that's not what it is. I like that I make people feel good. I like that I take them out of their mundane, boring slumber. And I wake them up, and they have fun.

I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.

Always look forward and try to push pass the negativity. I think everyone's beautiful and they deserve to be happy no matter what.

Be happy, talk happiness. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours.

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

I think it’d be a great honor to be able to influence someone’s joy.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

I think for me, the thing that gets me in the right mindset is just watching something funny, something light, something that makes me feel good. Regardless of what it is - when you feel good, when you feel upbeat, creativity flows!

People don't like to follow pessimists.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new nest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.

I want to promote positivity.

I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.

Bad things happen everyday but you're not going to be any happier thinking about them. So I don't think about them.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier

I fight cynicism. It's too easy. It's really boring. It's much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren't as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.

People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful.

I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do.

I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy.

A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery