Quotes About Attitude

I'm guns and roses without the roses

People who are accomplished at anything have learned that "perfect" is the enemy of the good.

To put it aphoristically, no experience can feel meaningful to a nihilist—that is, to someone who has already decided that life is meaningless.

It's not the disease or infirmity that heals, it's the person.

And what is laughter anyway? Changing the angle of vision.

L'ideale è un cauto ottimismo. Ma nel mio caso si tratta piuttosto di cauto pessimismo.

C'est une maladie d'être optimiste? Non, c'est une maladie de l'être trop. L'excès devient pathologique.

La vie n'est ni un jeu ni un match, sinon il y aurait des gagnants.

What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.

Dogs did not waste time dwelling on the past, nor did they worry about the future. One could learn a great deal about positive thinking from them

Ah, yes. The lovely Claudia. We certainly would not want the Angel to become concerned about her hoyden of a cousin, would we?" Augusta

It is only to be expected that those who lack curiosity about the wider world would find those who possess that particular characteristic uninteresting.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us in joy we face the storm and defy it.

Better is poverty in the hand of the god,Than wealth in the storehouse;Better is bread with a happy heartThan wealth with vexation.

We win because we make it happen, we lose because we let it happen!

It was the way people thought: what you couldn't do anything about you learned to accept.

If you fail to look at the Brightside of life, You will fail to succeed at leaving the Darkside of life.

Complaining is a form of taking.

I'm not "depressed," she said. Besides, I hate that word. OK, what should we call it? She fluffed the pillow behind her back, indignant. I'm very faithful to my problems.

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.

The dieter will fail as long as he hates low-calorie food. The would-be athlete will fail as long as he hates exertion. The tightwad wannabe will fail as long as he views frugality as a lifestyle he has to endure, or was forced into by circumstance.