Motivational Quotes

Attitude

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

Best Quotes about Attitude

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

James, William

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

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

Armstrong, Louis

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Conklin, Robert

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Eric, Golnik

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

Robinson, Sugar Ray

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Berlin, Irving

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

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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Holtz, Lou

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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 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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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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Nothing will work unless you do.

Wooden, John

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

Karolyi, Bela

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

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

Andrews, Julie

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

Macaulay, J. C.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Thurber, James

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

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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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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

Swindoll, Charles

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

Uhland

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

Pope, Alexander

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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.

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Attitudes are more important than facts.

Menninger, Karl A.

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

Brunner, Dr. Jerome

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

Golas, Thaddeus

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Swindoll, Charles

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

William James

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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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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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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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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 never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson