Motivational Quotes

Attitude

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

Best Quotes about Attitude

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

Thurber, James

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

Swindoll, Charles

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.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

James, William

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

Pope, Alexander

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Speer, Robert E.

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

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Eric, Golnik

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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.

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Your attitude determines your altitude.

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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

Pope, Candice M.

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

Karolyi, Bela

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

Macaulay, J. C.

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

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

William James

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

Truman, Harry S

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

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It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Billings, Josh

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

Grounds, Vernon

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

Andrews, Julie

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Attitudes are more important than facts.

Menninger, Karl A.

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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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Nothing will work unless you do.

Wooden, John

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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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Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.

Riley, Pat

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

Marshall, George

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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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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 out into the hours that count. Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a me too attitude while impressing evokes a so what attitude.

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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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

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

William James

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

Caesar, Julius

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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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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