Quotes About Attitude

If you believed in the "mediocrity of the masses," as he put it, then mediocrity became the ceiling on what you could achieve.

A sense of autonomy has a powerful effect on individual performance and attitude.

Being pessimistic is almost always a recipe for low levels of what psychologists call "subjective well-being." It's also a detriment in most professions. But as Martin Seligman has written, "There is one glaring exception: pessimists do better at law.

But if you instead ask, "Can I make a great pitch?" the research has found that you provide yourself something that reaches deeper and lasts longer

The more you explain bad events as temporary, specific, and external, the more likely you are to persist even in the face of adversity.

Steel identifies what he calls two faulty beliefs: first, that life should be easy, and second, that our self-worth is dependent on our success.

Steel identifies what he calls two faulty believes: first, that life should be easy, and second, that our self-worth is dependent on our success.

Cuando los niños dicen «no puedo» o «no quiero», pídeles que agreguen la palabra «todavía». Esto promueve una actitud abierta a la posibilidad muy poderosa, porque opera desde el cerebro afirmativo con la idea de que podrán tener éxito, de que lo lograrán siempre y cuando estén dispuestos a prepararse, a perseverar y a trabajar para conseguirlo.

There is at least one source of occasion noise that we have all noticed: mood.

I think the face of the franchise is kind of how you take it. I know that's been said about me, and that's been said about me at Penn State. But, I think it's kind of how you view it. I really never viewed myself as that. If that comes along with the things that I'm doing, then so be it.

One has to have the right spirit, attitude and make a place for themselves in the viewers' hearts.

We notice in others only those things that relate to ourselves. For example, you could find someone hilarious and brilliant, and I could find the same person idiotic and annoying. It's the same person doing the same thing, but because we are viewing them from our own unique perspectives, they mirror back to us something different.

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

That's my viewpoint; I just tackle the world, whatever comes at me.

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

I am not a completely stubborn person. But I have views.

I remember Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell getting into me quite a bit. I don't think they really rated the way I played. But maybe I've changed their views now perhaps a little bit.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

Being perceived as a villain gave me energy.

No one has approached me about Captain Marvel. But I don't know if I'd even want to play Captain Marvel. I would much rather play a villain and be nasty. It's more fun.

I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.

There's a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it's never horrible. I'm not a soap villain who gets spat at.

There's jerks, and there's villains. Villains, I think, are very aware of who they are and what they're doing and their effect on the world. Jerks tend to think they're great guys.