Quotes About Attitude

There are millions of human beings who live narrow, darkened, frustrated lives—who live defensively—simply because they take a defensive, doubtful attitude toward themselves and, as a result, toward life in general. A person with a poor attitude becomes a magnet for unpleasant experiences. When those experiences come—as they must, because of his attitude—they tend to reinforce his poor attitude, thereby bringing more problems, and so on.

Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman Emperor, said: "A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about.

The great law briefly and simply stated is: If you think in negative terms, you will get negative results. If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.

Chasing Around Woman is not considered manly among Italins, It's a sign of weak character

The savagery of a young cynic never rests

How we handle our problems is the key to overcoming them. Our reaction will determine whether our problems become opportunities for personal growth or the means of spiritual and emotional defeat. Learning how to handle life's problems with the right heart attitude is the first step in overcoming them.

I know the private was a grunt just by his attitude. You've got to love those guys; they're the real people of life. And they're hit on, shit on, tramped on, and fucked with forever.

There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.

A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't go anywhere until you change it.

A positive attitude can turn a difficult situation into an opportunity for growth and success.

Attitude is a choice. Choose wisely, as it will impact your relationships and achievements.

Attitude is contagious. Spread positivity and watch it come back to you tenfold.

Your attitude determines your altitude. Aim high and soar with a positive outlook.

Your attitude is your personal brand. Make sure it reflects the best version of yourself.

will have a wonderful marriage. But if you married the right person yet treat him or her as the wrong one, that person will turn into the wrong one. The same is true with your job.

when we have every right (after all it's "our church"), when we have always done it that way (no reason to change if we like it), and when we are in prominent positions (we have earned it), we can easily make it about us.

Even though most people coming to a church for the first time cannot articulate this verse, they are probably thinking something similar to what James and John said to Jesus, "Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. 'Teacher, ' they said, 'we want you to do for us whatever we ask'" (Mark 10:35 NIV, emphasis added). Each week people show up telling the church, many times, "We want you to do for us whatever we ask.

Moreover, dissonance-evoking situations have been found to evoke a general negative affect without also evoking increased self-directed negative affect (Elliot & Devine, 1994) or decreased state self-esteem (E. Harmon-Jones, 2000a).

Using a slightly different procedure, other research has suggested that, when the counterattitudinal actions do not cause aversive consequences, attitude change does not occur

On 'Van Halen ' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning ' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.