Quotes About Attitude

I may not be in total control of what happens in my life, but I certainly am in charge of how I choose to perceive my experience.

In a study of new hire agents at MetLife, the optimists outsold the pessimists by 31 percent.

Well, what ever he calls it," said Marlon's granny, "he looks like an idiot with that stupid great thing stuck in his mouth all the time.

Two of my fav pieces of wisdom from Phoebe: - Men are like parking spots. All the good ones are taken, and those that aren't are inaccessible. - Remember, it's always better to be the smartass rather than the dumbass.

Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks.

Don't take life too seriously. After all none of us are getting out alive anyway.

Accept that some days you're the bug, and some days you're going to be the windshield.

Sometimes you have to say, 'Today's just not my day.

You can't shroud yourself in self-pity to avoid accountability. I will

At some point you have to stop acting as though life is happening to you and acknowledge the ways you are happening to it. Once you take responsibility for your side of the street, you grant yourself the power to improve every aspect of your life by simply acting and behaving differently.

Careful observation and a questioning attitude to findings are central to the scientific method of investigation, which underpins physics and all the sciences.

Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.

Wrong thinking leads to wrong emotions—discouragement and despair—and wrong thinking consequently leads to giving up.

The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, "What was my name?

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

Judge not, lest ye be punched in the face for being a self-righteous prick.

when things are really bad the only thing to do is laugh

What separates people is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.

If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people.

When things are done right, be emotional. When things are done poorly, be nonemotional, matter-of-fact, and consequential.

Self-discipline is also built on competence, persistence, and the willingness to assume accountability for results. Competence is more than skill and ability; it's attitude and experience.

Agility is more attitude than process, more environment than methodology.