Motivational Quotes

Attitude

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

- Hubbard, Elbert

Best Quotes about Attitude

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

Your attitude determines your altitude.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Whitney, Willis

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.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

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

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Marshall, George

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

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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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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Scott, Charles Prestwich

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Attitudes are more important than facts.

Menninger, Karl A.

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

Sanders, Col. Harland

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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

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You are more likely to act yourself into feelings, than feel yourself into action.

Brunner, Dr. Jerome

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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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One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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

Caesar, Julius

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

Garrison, Zina

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

Wooden, John

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

Grounds, Vernon

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

Feherty, David

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Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.

Waitley, Denis

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Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

Glasgow, Ellen

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

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

Miller, Henry

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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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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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Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life.

Desai, Morarji

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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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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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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

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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Epictetus

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

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

Reeve, Christopher

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

Churchill, Winston