Quotes About Attitude

You can't go through life saying "I hate mustard" because that is shutting off the possibility of change.

Anybody can lose,' cautioned Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. 'You need to remember that every time you win.

Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry.

Boys, men," she said. "They're all the same. They think that this thing is something special and they're all so proud of it. They do not know how ridiculous it is.

We cannot let wicked people spoil our lives for us, can we?

Small ones too, Mma Sometimes big problems are really tiny ones when you look at them in the right way.

But that was then and this was now, when it seemed that people were different. They put up with less; they were more impatient than earlier generations. Why? Because now we were used to getting what we wanted – and getting it quickly, whether it was something ordered online, or happiness itself .

Do not take on a traditionally built person unless you are prepared for a heavyweight bout.

a list of people who drive Mercedes-Benzes, and he checks to see if they have made up for it by being kind to people.

they would just have to make the best of the situation. When there were things that you could not change, then there was a strong case for accepting things as they were and working from there.

Christine's tone bordered on the dismissive: there were ways of pronouncing cricket that indicated disapproval.

She is a good housemother, that one," said Mma Ramotswe. Mma Potokwane agreed. "Whenever I hear people say that the country is going to the dogs—and there are such people, you know, Mma…

There are broad shoulders, the saying went, even where there are no broad shoulders.

But it was a mistake to go through life trying to interfere in things that were beyond your control, or which were going to happen anyway, no matter what you do. A certain amount of acceptance -which wasn't the same thing as cowardice, or indifference -was necessary or you would spend your life burning up with annoyance and rage.

Jamie said he thought that people who had nothing to prove were usually charming in their dealings with others. "Only the insecure are nasty," he said.

Without delay," echoed Charlie. "Those are very good words, I think. Without delay. Please will you pay my bill without delay. Please leave without delay. Please improve your attitude without delay…" Mma Makutsi shot Charlie a

Everything could always be worse,' she would say, 'and so be grateful that things are only as bad as they are.' She

Nobody felt very much ashamed of anything anymore, Isabel thought. You could do what you liked and then speak about it at great length on a confessional television show and nobody would bat an eyelid. And while that revealed a healthier attitude when it came to dealing with things that were better unconcealed, or with things that should not involve shame at all, it also meant that one of the main reasons for social restraint had been removed.

misery was nothing to do with objective good fortune. Misery was like bad weather; it was just there, and no number of optimistic comments could make the weather better.

Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because sometimes they take a rest.

But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues? Maximilien asked. Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

Weakened minds see everything through a black veil; the soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of your future appears stormy and unpromising.

il n'y a ni bonheur ne malheur en ce monde, il y a la comparaison d'un etat a un autre, voila tout.