Quotes About Attitude

It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!

A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.

Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.

Says Momma: "I got handed lemons, too, y'know but I learned how to make lemonade with them… No one ever told me I had to add sugar but that's life for you. It ain't sweet.

Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.

Now she watched Nat as a small child watches a teacher from whom it must at all costs learn. He took to himself each day as it came with childlike trustfulness, and so did she. He never complained, and neither did she. He took every misfortune with a grin, and so did she. He took upon himself all the hardest and most unpleasant duties as a matter of mere routine, and she tried to do the same

Sarcasm doesn't grow on the same stalk as humility.

I dislike people who are forever getting into shape. I am in terrible shape and haven't exercised since the Truman administration.

You articulate logical answer under pressure, Mem Leonowens," Monkut pronounced without looking at her. "That is very kind of—," panted Anna. "—but irritating superior attitude King find most unbeautiful. However, it will serve you well given decision I now make.

paraphrashed :People wear what they wear because of what goes on in their heads...it has nothing to do with their size or shape.

Take all the fullness out of this skirt," they say. "Ok," we say, "but you'll feel awfully silly in it next year." "What do I care about next year?" they answer. "Any dress which isn't in style for at least three years isn't any good to begin with," we say.

Life may not be fair, but that doesn't give you any excuse not to be.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. —VICTOR FRANKL

There are three major hurdles to overcome in crisis: dealing with pain; working with your attitude; and using the crisis as a wake-up and a cleanup call.

You have your soul—what Frankl called the last of the human freedoms, the freedom to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

No need for you to think about something pink to wear or something blue or yellow. No use to think about soft colours. You might as well wear one kind as another. Drab. Brown. Faded dark old shrunk-up anything is good enough. Why don't you just give up and be ugly? That's what you are. Ugly. That's all.

She had a rear end as big as an open dictionary and a bad attitude.

Aunt Helen Beck had many intentions about her death. She was about being dead the way some people are about being British - she wasn't, and it seemed she would never be, but it was clearly something she aspired to, since all the people she respected were.

Dad hated those people so inconsiderate as to move in, move out, never making a noise, a scene, a mark, a complaint. A good story when you left was the only rent he insisted on.

It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?

It isn't life that weighs us down–it's the way we carry it.

So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want...So then try (to be happy).

your attitude is not your mood.

Do not ever think you are better than someone, I will not tolerate that in my classroom, there is no one here who is better than someone else, I have just witnessed expressions on the faces of some of you that indicate you think you are better than someone else, and I will not tolerate that in my classroom, I will not.