Quotes About Attitude

You millionnaires always talk of Christian resignation, because you never are called on to resign anything.

He was almost inclined to think that marriage was an old-fashioned custom, fitted indeed well enough for the usual dull life of the world at large, — as many men both in heathen and in Christian ages have taught themselves to think of religion, — but which was not adapted to his advanced intelligence.

Why not grab life by the shoulders and not give too much of a damn about it?

This came after the Archbishop of Canterbury and two of his fellow bishops had indicated to the Prime Minister that the attitude of the Church of England towards Catholic Emancipation, symbolized by their persistently hostile voting in the House of Lords, had not changed.

And since most of us have self-justifying images we're carrying around with us, most people are already in a defensive posture, always ready to defend their self-justifying images against attack. So if I'm in the box, blaming others, my blame invites them to do — what?

Let's say that after I got in the box, I saw someone who knew me, and then out of shame, not wanting to appear insensitive, I turned and helped Mordechai gather his coins, all the while fuming that I was being made to do it. In that case, would I have been seeing him as a person while I was helping?

There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, 'Good morning, God,' and the other is to say, 'Good God, morning'!

To a great extent the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness we harvest love and happiness. Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind person bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles, and avoids a spirit of fault finding.

If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.

Each type of activity produces the corresponding sort of person

A man may possess the disposition without its producing any good result.

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

no one of intelligence resents the inevitable.

Dr. Brown considered all engineers to be nothing more than glorified carpenters and plumbers.

It was secret that with greatest determination , was very hard to conceal - for it affected one's attitude, one's voice ,one's total outlook on the universe

I am not a whole sole admirer of womankind – as you are aware, Watson.

Este hombre tal vez sea muy inteligente, pero, desde luego, es insufriblemente engreído».

Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.

A more perfect compound of the bully, coward, and sneak than Master Silas Brown I have seldom met with," remarked Holmes as we trudged along together.

Baby, it's either laugh or cry and crying takes way too much energy. If you can't find humor in the shit life heaps on you, you really will grow miserable. -Syn

life isn't about finding shelter in a storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Are they trained to treat everyone as a servant?' 'Probably. That doesn't make you into one

Brace up. We're not about to embark on a duel to the death over the dishes.

and consequently, while I can never be sentimental, I can never be great