Quotes About Attitude

that thou mayest not die murmuring, but cheerfully, truly, and from thy heart thankful to the gods.

is my bad luck that this has happened to me.' No, you should rather say: 'It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearful of the future.' Because such a thing could have happened to any man, but not every man could have borne it without pain. So why see more misfortune in the event than good fortune in your ability to bear it?

Al despuntar la aurora, hazte estas consideraciones previas: me encontraré con un indiscreto, un ingrato, un insolente, un mentiroso, un envidioso, un insociable.

Where is the harm or surprise in the ignorant behaving as the ignorant do?

External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them, which you can erase right now

The soul becomes dyed with the colours of its thoughts.

Our life is what our thoughts make of it.

Your soul takes on the colour of your thoughts.

Ons leven is slechts wat onze gedachten ervan maken.

For as I like a man in whom there is something of the old, so I like a man in whom there is something of the young; and he who follows this maxim, in body will possibly be an old man but he will never be an old man in mind.

Angustus animus pec?niam amat.

No matter how many obstacles may block your path, or how dark the way, if you look up, think up, and struggle up, you can't help succeeding. Whatever you do for a living, whatever fortune or misfortune, hold the victorious attitude and push ahead.

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.

Remember,' she'd tell her staff, 'every customer wants to feel like a princess, and princesses are selfish and overbearing.

Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I'm in better shape than they are.

Giving up was the new normal, and I have to say it was catching.

As you ramble on through life, Brother, Whatever be your goal, Keep your eye upon the doughnut, And not upon the hole.

It's better to hope than mope!

If you worked out enough, maybe the man would too. Maybe you would be able to work it out together, as if the two of you were a puzzle that could be solved; otherwise, one of you, most likely the man, taking his addictive body with him and leaving you with bad withdrawal, which you could counteract by exercise. If you didn't work it out it was because one of you had the wrong attitude.

An unearned income encourages self-pity in those already prone to it.

What people want is perfection, said the man. In themselves. But they need the steps to it to be pointed out, said the woman. In a simple order, said the man. With encouragement, said the woman. And a positive attitude.

otherwise, one of you, most likely the man, would go wandering off on a trajectory of his own, taking his addictive body with him and leaving you with bad withdrawal, which you could counteract by exercise. If you didn't work it out it was because one of you had the wrong attitude. Everything that went on in your life was thought to be due to some positive or negative power emanating from inside your head.

her face might be kindly if she would smile