Motivational Quotes

Attitude

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.

- Buck, Pearl S.

Best Quotes about Attitude

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

Grounds, Vernon

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

James, William

Attitudes are more important than facts.

Menninger, Karl A.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

Changing Times

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

Lynn Johnston

We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don't say, But by our own attitude and our own response.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

James, William

Nothing else is needed to make you depressed, than to fancy you are so.

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Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.

Butterworth, Eric

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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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Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

Truman, Harry S

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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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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.

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He was always leaning forward, pushing something invisible ahead of him.

Thurber, James

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Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Swindoll, Charles

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My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Karolyi, Bela

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Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

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

Churchill, Winston

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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Douglas, Norman

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Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.

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Two-minute attitude drill: To everyone: You can trust me. I'm committed to excellence. I care about you as a person. EVERY DAY: Do good. Do your best. Treat others as you would be treated. FOR TODAY: Nothing negative will escape my lips.

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Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.

Berlin, Irving

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We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Don't be against things so much as for things.

Sanders, Col. Harland

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People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

Haskins, Henry S.

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It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

Feherty, David

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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

Ward, C. M.

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We have unprecedented conditions to deal with and novel adjustments to make -- there can be no doubt of that. We also have a great stock of scientific knowledge unknown to our grandfathers with which to operate. So novel are the conditions, so copious the knowledge, that we must undertake the arduous task of reconsidering a great part of the opinions about man and his relations to his fellow men which have been handed down to us by previous generations who lived in far other conditions and possessed far less information about the world and themselves. We have, however, first to create an unprecedented attitude of mind to cope with unprecedented conditions, and to utilize unprecedented knowledge.

Robinson, James H.

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Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

Andrews, Julie

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

Wooden, John

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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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Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

Uhland

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

William James

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

Speer, Robert E.

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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Herm Albright

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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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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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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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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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There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Macaulay, J. C.

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Your attitude determines your altitude.

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The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

Swindoll, Charles

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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

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

Patricia Neal