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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON ATTITUDE 2
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
Norman Douglas (1868-1952, British author)
In rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.
Catherine Marshall
So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me.
Catherine Marshall
Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.
George Marshall (1880-1959, American statesman)
Attitudes are more important than facts.
Karl A. Menninger (1893-1990, American psychiatrist)
One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.
Henry Miller (1891-1980, American author)
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
John R. Miller
My friend and I have built a wall Between us thick and wide: The stones of it are laid in scorn And plastered high with pride.
Elizabeth Cutter Morrow
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.
Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American radio announcer, author, motivator, speaker)
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American radio announcer, author, motivator, speaker)
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
Anais Nin (1914-1977, French-born American novelist, dancer)
The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.
Katherine Paterson
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993, American Christian reformed pastor, speaker, author)
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
Candice M. Pope
People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.
Helen Prejean
When you talk about the sun, you will see her beams.
Canadian Proverb
When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Tasty is the fish on someone else's dish.
Yiddish Proverb (Sayings of Yiddish origin)
You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.
Christopher Reeve (1952-2004, American actor, director, author)
Any man will usually get from other men just what he is expecting of them. If he is looking for friendship he will likely receive it. If his attitude is that of indifference, it will beget indifference. And if a man is looking for a fight, he will in all likelihood be accommodated in that.
John Richelsen
To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.
James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916, American poet)
Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.
Pat Riley (1945-, American basketball coach)
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.
Pat Riley (1945-, American basketball coach)
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.
James H. Robinson (American businessman, chairman of American express)
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.
Sugar Ray Robinson (1920-1989, American boxer)
Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.
Jim Rohn (American businessman, author, speaker, philosopher) Author's website: www.jimrohn.com
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 put into the hours that count. Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a "me too" attitude while impressing evokes a "so what" attitude.
Jim Rohn (American businessman, author, speaker, philosopher) Author's website: www.jimrohn.com
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 put into the hours that count. Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a "me too" attitude while impressing evokes a "so what" attitude.
Jim Rohn (American businessman, author, speaker, philosopher) Author's website: www.jimrohn.com
Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, American President (26th))
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857, Russian author)
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.
Rene Russo (1954-, American actress)
When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it.
Horace Rutledge
It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.
Francoise Sagan (1935-, French novelist, playwright)
Don't be against things so much as for things.
Col. Harland Sanders (1890-1980, American businessman, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger (1947-, American family therapist)
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.
E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977, German economist)
Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
Charles Prestwich Scott (1846-1932, British newspaper editor)
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
Hans Selye (1907-1982, Canadian physician born in Austria, research on stress)
Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
I am dying, but otherwise I feel quite well.
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964, British poet)
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
Robert E. Speer
If you are being run out of town, get in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade.
Sally Stanford
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910, Russian novelist, philosopher)
I'm not overweight, I'm just nine inches too short.
Shelley Winters (1920-, American actress)
They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.
Casey Stengel (1889-1975, American baseball player and manager)
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.
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002, American businessman, author, founder of Combined Insurance Companies)
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.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
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.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
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.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
Amy Tan (1952-, Chinese-American author, "The Joy Luck Club")
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
William M. Thackeray (1811-1863, Indian-born British novelist)
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
William M. Thackeray (1811-1863, Indian-born British novelist)
You must be one in your attitude to life and one in your sympathy with each other. Love must be the hall-mark of your society. You must be deeply concerned for others.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Peter 3:8
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.
Brian Tracy (1944-, Canadian-born American trainer, speaker, author, businessman) Author's website: www.briantracy.com
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.
Ted Turner (1938-, American businessman, founder of CNN)
Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.
Dorothy Uhnak
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
Author Unknown
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Author Unknown
Growl all day and you'll feel dog-tired all night.
Author Unknown
I once had a garden of flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.
Author Unknown
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
Author Unknown
Irritation in the heart of a believer is always an invitation to the devil to stand by.
Author Unknown
It's a pretty good idea to be of good cheer but not all the time. Just at the most unexpected times.
Author Unknown
Nothing else is needed to make you depressed, than to fancy you are so.
Author Unknown
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.
Author Unknown
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.
Author Unknown
People, by and large, will relate to the image you project.
Author Unknown
The currents that determine our dreams and shape our lives, flow from the attitudes that we nurture everyday.
Author Unknown
The most vital thing in a man's life is his mental attitude.
Author Unknown
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.
Author Unknown
Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.
Author Unknown
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Author Unknown
One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you maybe fall in love again.
Judith Viorst (1935-, American poet, journalist)
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.
Denis Waitley (1933-, American author, speaker, trainer, peak performance expert) Author's website: www.deniswaitley.com
To think of losing is to lose already.
Sylvia Townsend Warner
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington (1731-1802, American First Lady)
You can either give in to negative feelings or fight them, and I'm of the belief that you should fight them.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
Willis R. Whitney
One ship drives east and another 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.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855-1919, American poet, journalist)
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!
Mclandburgh Wilson
Nothing will work unless you do.
John Wooden (1910-, American basketball coach)
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden (1910-, American basketball coach)
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
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