Quotes About Attitude

the experience of an event depends on the mind of the experiencer, even more than the event itself.

This proves that it is not so much the circumstances of our lives that make us happy or unhappy but the way we see them.

It's not what happens to you that matters, but the way you interpret things.

So do you think it's true what they say? About girls liking bastards?' 'He's not a bastard. He's an idiot.' 'Do girls like idiots then?

Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

Self-pitying, self-righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she always needed the most.

Much in life is simply a matter of perspective. It's not inherently good or bad, a success or failure; it's how we choose to look at things that makes the difference.

Happy people are those who use a lower threshold in order to label an event positive.

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, 'I'm on fire, I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.

A posture of enthusiasm is not always the one best calculated to succeed.

Remember first that Jesus was and is a Jew. That should affect your attitude to every Jewish person you meet. Secondly, remember that Jesus inherited the promise of Abraham, and that if you want the promise of the blessing to Abraham, you must come right down the line to Jesus. When you get to know him, you will receive the blessing of Abraham.

No more dead dogs and slashed swans for us," whispered Dick Alderman, like this was good news- It wasn't.

Optimism is not a personality trait; it is a strategy for coping with your lot.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way

Whatever kind of energy you bring to it, it will give it right back to you. If you're frustrated, it'll act frustrated. If you're calm, it's more likely to be calm, too.

I am going to the bad place, as is my wont.

Most dogs, when you hold a leash up, go nuts and run to the door. Crash, on the other hand barely looks up from his spot on the couch. His expression is saying, What the hell are you doing with that thing?

This is the world in which everyone is sensitised to risk but indifferent to fate.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it.

It's just a penis, right? Probably no worse for you than smoking.

Because talent is a function of acquired skills rather than innate ability, adult achievement depends completely on long-term attitude and resources and process rather than any particular age-based talent quotient.

For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is the work itself; when a cop spends more and more time getting aggravated with the details, he's finished. The attitude of co-workers, the indifference of superiors, the poor quality of the equipment - all of it pales if you still love the job; all of it matters if you don't.