Quotes About Attitude

The British were fatalistic; it was the origin of their cynicism, but it also made them good sharers of misfortune. 'Oh, well, mustn't grumble!

It is wrong to see a country in a bad mood: you begin to blame the country for your mood and to draw the wrong conclusions.

His employees must show some respect, even if"—he smiled—"even if they do not feel it in their hearts.

In my what-am-I-doing-here? mood Akisha was a timely lesson. She made a point of staying positive, didn't grumble, never gossiped, and she expected the best from her students. She was also a passionate photographer, and though her talk was always upbeat, her photographs were a record of all she had seen.

There are no pessimists; there are only realists and liars.

Whether we are orderlies or orchestra conductors, either we befriend our work-- seeing in it the opportunity for moral excellence and a continual outpouring of heavenly grace-- or we become its victim.

A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.

You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.

You are what you believe yourself to be

Men take the oddest satisfaction in feeling superior without knowing that most of the time they are being utterly predictable.

What other people think of you is none of your business!

The most difficult thing in this world is to adopt the spirit and attitude of a warrior. It is no use being sad, complaining, feeling unjustly treated, and believing someone is doing something negative. No one is doing anything, and certainly not to a warrior.

When you choose your attitude toward life, you can affect reality by making it better for you

The optimist and the pessimist both die in the end, but each lives is life in a completely different way.

Toda bendición no aceptada se transforma en maldición

Justkui nõudepesemine või rinnahoidja kandmine või see, et keegi mulle uksi avab ja sulgeb – justukui alandaks see mind kui naist. Tegelikult ma kaifin, kui mees mulle ukse lahti teeb, etiketi järgi tähendab see:"Tal on vaja, et ma teda aitan, sest ta on nõrk." Kuid minu jaoks:"Mind koheldakse kui jumalannat, ma olen kuninganna.

Peter groaned loudly. Sonia Pan! She's ugly. Mris. Liang would not yield. Ugly girls can be fixed now. It is not like before. And she is very good. She does not waste money. It would be no use for her to waste money on herself, Louise murmured.

It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer.

We can make ourselves miserable, or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same. Right

When we find ourselves in a mess, we don't have to feel guilty about it. Instead, we could reflect on the fact that how we relate to this mess will be sowing the seeds of how we will relate to whatever happens next. We can make ourselves miserable, or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same. Right now we are creating our state of mind for tomorrow, not to mention this afternoon, next week, next year, and all the years of our lives.

Holding on to beliefs limits our experience of life. That doesn't mean that beliefs or ideas or thinking is a problem; the stubborn attitude of having to have things be a particular way, grasping on to our beliefs and thoughts, all these cause the problems.

A fresh attitude starts to happen when we look to see that yesterday was yesterday, and now it is gone; today is today and now it is new. It is like that—every hour, every minute is changing. If we stop observing change, then we stop seeing everything as new. —DZIGAR KONGTRUL RINPOCHE T

Whether we experience what happens to us as obstacle and enemy or as teacher and friend depends entirely on our perception of reality. It depends on our relationship with ourselves.

We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.