Venus Williams Quotes

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

Stop running around, stop trying to return every email in your inbox immediately, stop cramming too much stuff into too few hours in the day. Sit down, shut up, and most importantly, be glad.

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

I don't focus on negativity, I focus on the good things.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.

Use your time, energy and talents to do the best you can right now. Spend no time wishing it were better

If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.

I don't waste time being depressed.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

I think sometimes we seem to obsess on negativity.

People tell me all the time I should stop and smell the roses, but I can't. I'm always thinking of what I can do to make what I have better and do more.

Give yourself permission to get the most out of your life. If you're spending all your time scrubbing corners with a toothbrush, you're kind of missing the point. Taking shortcuts doesn't mean shortcutting the end result.

You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.

I was reading an article in the 'New York Times;' it talked about being in the zone, and being in the zone you're so focused that time ceases to exist. It's when you think, 'Oh, I've been doing this for five hours and didn't even know it.' It's the difference between hard work and going, '12 o'clock, not moving.'

Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I'm making. To do that, I need to be wide awake.

I do creative visualisation techniques in the morning. It's only 15 minutes. I used to do hours and hours of it, but I found that 15 minutes has really helped me, and it's not time-consuming at all.

Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don't waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going.

For me, I just want to be positive.

I try to stay away from all negativity.

I always focus on the negatives.