Quotes About Attitude

if you find something or somebody a bore, the fault lies in you.

Your Majesty, I'm afraid everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong," said Major Sir Michael Parker, an impresario for royal events with an expertise in pyrotechnics. "Oh good, what fun!" she replied with a smile.

The sacrifice is wasted if the attitude of serving is self-concerned and complaining in nature. How we serve, in other words, is just as important as what we serve.

God gave each of us a will-the ability to decide what we are "willing" to do. He did not make us like puppets that can be forced to act in a certain way. Instead, He created us so that we must set the direction of our own hearts and minds. Our attitudes ultimately guide our moment-by-moment choices, as well as the biggest decisions of our lives.

The Marquis looked very grave and replied, 'I knew, of course, the minute whalebone corsets went out of fashion that things were coming to a pretty pass.

he laughed loudly, tossed his beer can and cigarette into the compost bin,

My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'

To maintain a positive attitude, a smart player lets missed shots and court errors go by the wayside.

My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.

If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.

People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

Hard work spotlights the character of people some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.

Early on in my tenure, I was given a cartoon that circulated widely at the UN. The cartoon showed dozens of people listening to a speech. In the first panel, the speaker asks, "Who wants change?" and all audience members enthusiastically raise their hands. In the second panel, the speaker refines his question, asking, "Who wants to change?" This time, each audience member looks toward the ground, demurring.

from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If": If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same

It's better to have a hole in your team than an asshole in your team!

The world will, in the end, follow only those who have despised as well as served it.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

To me it seems that those who are happy in this world are better and more lovable people than those who are not.

Let it suffice that George Pontifex did not consider himself fortunate, and he who does not consider himself fortunate is unfortunate.

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.