Quotes About Attitude

You can kill joy by not looking happy enough.

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But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.

Of course it hurts, she grumbled, tipping my head further back. Life sucks. Get over it

Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything.

No,' I said, shooting him a look. 'But you don't have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.' You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. THe world isn't always out to get you.' In your opinion,' I added. Look,' he said, 'the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. so you're left with a choice. Eitherhope for the best, or just expect the worst.' If you expect the worst you're never disappointed,' I pointed out. ~Ruby and Nate, pg 259

It wasn't so much that I was positive. I just wasn't fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore.

I looked at the sweatshirt again. 'You swim' is a philosophy? He shrugged. Better than 'you sink', right?

She took the sun when it came and the rain the same way.

You think it's all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it's all in who is doing the looking.

The World, she said, is chock full of bitchy girls.

you should never be surprised when people treat you with respect. You should expect it.

In a marriage, it's not just whether you see the glass as half-full or half-empty. It's whether you see it those two ways, or any of the other endless fractions that are possible.

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We all have a strong preference that life should be easy, comfortable, and pain-free, but that doesn't mean there's something wrong with life when it isn't those things. It's just life. It's just life and it's not how you would prefer it to be, but that doesn't mean there's something wrong with it. - Constance Waverly, - Waverly Radio podcast #132

keeping a positive outlook does wonders for your health.

The person serving feels inferior to the person being served so they try and show they are important by being rude.

Jacey's eyes hardened. She did not appreciate reality coming along and snapping her thong.

Strict seriousness was far more dangerous than any joke.

Guys like you make life easy for some women.

Her hips were long and narrow, her bust was large, and she wore close-fitting skirts and sweaters and high heels that gave a tight arch of impatience to the muscles of her calves; her step was small and pretty and her laughter violent, total, and critical.

and suffering is another bad habit.