Motivational Quotes

Attitude

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

- Jordan, Dupree

Best Quotes about Attitude

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

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

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.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

Swindoll, Charles

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

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Mandino, Og

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

Golas, Thaddeus

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

Pope, Alexander

11.

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

Robinson, Sugar Ray

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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Horne, Lena

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They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

Stengel, Casey

16.

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

Reeve, Christopher

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

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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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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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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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Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

Rohn, Jim

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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.

Swindoll, Charles

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

Sanders, Col. Harland

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

Thurber, James

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

Macaulay, J. C.

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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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Jordan, Dupree

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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Patricia Neal

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

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

Andrews, Julie

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

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Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.

Riley, Pat

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

Garrison, Zina

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

Truman, Harry S

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

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

Caesar, Julius

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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

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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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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