Quotes About Attitude

Every one knows you're a thousand times handsomer and cleverer than Bertha; but then you're not nasty. And for always getting what she wants in the long run, commend me to a nasty woman.

Fericirea, la unele firi e ca o alunecare de teren pe munte.

La diferencia es que estos jovencitos dan por sentado que van a conseguir cuanto se proponen, mientras que nosotros casi siempre dábamos por sentado que no debíamos conseguirlo. Aunque me pregunto si algo que uno está seguro de conseguir le haría latir tan locamente el corazón.

Since the Americans have ceased to have dyspepsia," she reflected, "they have lost the only thing that gave them any expression.

It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design.

It is idle to hope for the enforcement of a law where nineteen-twentieths of the people do not believe in the justice of its provisions.

She stood with her legs slightly apart, tightening the shimmery fabric of her floor-length formal. It was an appealing pose to Barney, giving just a hint of tomboyishness within the confines of the gown.

The youth of Andronicus had been without spirit, his age was without reverence:

More and more, I think you should have no expectations and do everything for its own sake. That way you won't be hit in the head quite so frequently.

When we take life for granted, we're assholes. Every day we wake up and the world's still turning- that's a great day.

It's amazing, isn't it? She seems to think there are better things to do than going to parties.' 'I always thought she was a little peculiar,' said Nicholas wisely.

Thanks for putting that in terms I can easily grasp,' said Malcolm, without showing the patronizing bitch the slightest sign of irony.

But that's what the English mean, isn't it, when they say, He was very philosophical about it? They mean that someone stopped thinking about something.

Resentment used to be something folks wanted to get rid of, now they water it and put it on a windowsill, like a favourite pot plant.

Mind you, what is there to do with money except spend it when you've got it or be bitter about it when haven't?

I hate this place,' she said. 'They're going to throw me out because they say I've got a bad attitude. But I only stay in bed because I'm so depressed.

Sin is ultimately against God. It is any failure to conform to the law of God in either action or attitude

we take our victories where we find them, and accept our defeats with grace and patience.

Few of us get the things we deserve,' Ndege said, 'but we make the best of what we're given.

Whoevers tongue utters the truth, his practise becomes purified; and the one whose intention is decent and good, his sustenance increases; and whoever adopts good attitude and decent behavior with his family, his life span lengthens.

Every ideology is contrary to human psychology.

Ne pas devenir pauvre avec une âme de pauvre. La misère avilit. Le pauvre devient laid et prend l'autobus, se lave moins, sent la transpiration, compte ses sous, perd sa seigneurie et ne peut plus sincèrement mépriser. On ne méprise bien peu ce que l'on possède et domine. Goethe méprisait mieux que Rousseau.

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater

The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a perparation for his future career.