Motivational Quotes

Attitude

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

- Wilson, Mclandburgh

Best Quotes about Attitude

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Miller, John Homer

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.

Buscaglia, Leo

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Wooden, John

You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.

Reeve, Christopher

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.

Swindoll, Charles

Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.

Riley, Pat

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

Lynn Johnston

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

Evert, Chris

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

William James

10.

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

Douglas, Norman

11.

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

Ziglar, Zig

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You got to sing like you don't need the money; Love like you'll never get hurt; You got to dance like nobody's watchin'; It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work.

Clark, Susanna

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If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

Riley, Pat

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I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

Washington, Martha

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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Pope, Alexander

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Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.

Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi

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They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

Stengel, Casey

18.

Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

Marshall, George

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It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Billings, Josh

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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Jefferson, Thomas

21.

There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We're in high school forever. It's just what we do with it.

Russo, Rene

22.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

23.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Robinson, Sugar Ray

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A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

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An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth -- in short, materialism -- does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.

Schumacher, E. F.

26.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

Golas, Thaddeus

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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Saint-Pierre, Michel De

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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Swindoll, Charles

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It's not the situation. It's your reaction to the situation.

Conklin, Robert

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You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.

Ziglar, Zig

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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

Jordan, Dupree

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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Blandi, Tom

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Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Grounds, Vernon

34.

The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.

Lombardi, Vince

35.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

Ross, Ruth

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

James, William

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One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play it correctly, and it will give forth the beauty; play it falsely, and it will give forth the ugliness. Life is not at fault.

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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Hugo, Victor

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I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

Martha Washington

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I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!

Armstrong, Louis

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Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.

Butterworth, Eric

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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true -- it did for me.

Garrison, Zina

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Growl all day and you'll feel dog tired all night.

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I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.

Turner, Ted

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In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.

Churchill, Winston

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Keep your heart right, even when it is sorely wounded.

Macaulay, J. C.

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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Irritation in the heart of a believer is always an invitation to the devil to stand by.

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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Patricia Neal

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We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Hubbard, Elbert