Motivational Quotes

Attitude

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Attitude

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Nightingale, Earl

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Nightingale, Earl

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

Langbridge, Frederick

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

Billings, Josh

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

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

Reeve, Christopher

Take the attitude of a student, Never be to big to ask questions, Never know to much to learn something new.

Mandino, Og

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It's easy to let life deteriorate into making a living instead of making a life. It's not the hours you put in, but what you out into the hours that count. Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a me too attitude while impressing evokes a so what attitude.

Rohn, Jim

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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

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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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If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Clark, Glenn

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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Tracy, Brian

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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

Euripides

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

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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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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James

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

Macaulay, J. C.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Churchill, Winston

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The most vital thing in a man's life is his mental attitude.

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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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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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One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.

Miller, Henry

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Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Bentley, Timothy

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

James, William

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

Thurber, James

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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Eric, Golnik

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Robinson, Sugar Ray

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

Golas, Thaddeus

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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

Pope, Candice M.

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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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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

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

Andrews, Julie

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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

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I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

Caesar, Julius

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

Lynn Johnston

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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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Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.

Lamb, Charles

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Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.

Riley, Pat