Motivational Quotes

Attitude

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

Best Quotes about Attitude

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

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

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

Karolyi, Bela

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

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Conklin, Robert

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

Speer, Robert E.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

Menninger, Karl A.

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Wilson, Mclandburgh

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Your attitude determines your altitude.

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

Scott, Charles Prestwich

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

Garrison, Zina

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

Armstrong, Louis

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

Changing Times

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

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Golas, Thaddeus

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

Caesar, Julius

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

Feherty, David

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

Epictetus

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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

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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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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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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

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

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