Quotes About Attitude

People can overlook any shortcoming, but they will not tolerate arrogance.

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

I'm thankful I've learned to embrace insecurity, not just to tolerate it. Life is more fun that way, and I'm thankful for that, too.

If I can tolerate my own singing, then people can do so, too.

My Dad doesn't see limitations; he either sees hard workers or people who are lazy. As a result, despite any disability or obstacle, my siblings and I all lead relatively happy and successful lives. I believe a good deal of this is due to the fact that excuses were rarely tolerated.

Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.

All the negatives, the flags for the personal fouls and silly stuff after the play, that takes a toll. People don't want to be a part of that.

I was struck by the date Norwegians placed on this change in attitude. The clear consensus: it was around 1980. For Nigerians, too: "When money became everything was in 1985." Egyptians I interviewed identified a similar shift in the 1980s.

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

Sometimes I fall, but landing every jump isn't the point. It's the attempt. It's the effort.

Choose one: chronic disappointment or lowering your expectations to the point where nothing can disappoint you.

She didn't sound overjoyed. She didn't sound even slightly joyed.

You can tell a lot about a person not just by their successes, but by how they deal with their setbacks

Biological clock? I don't even own a watch.

Felix just sat there, not smirking exactly - or not so as you could call him on it - but clearly happy with how unhappy he'd managed to make all of us.

Was you born this fucking dumb, Milly-Fox, or do you practice every Dixieme?

You drive well for a woman." "That is so patronising. If I'd known you were going to say something like that I would have wrapped your precious Ferrari round a lamppost.

You had to approach life with optimism and hope, otherwise where was the pleasure? Where was the fun? Better to hope for the best and deal with the worst, than expect the worst and miss the best.

Her mother had always emphasized that life was what you made of it, but Flora couldn't help thinking that what you made depended on the raw ingredients you were given. Even the best chef couldn't do much with moldy vegetables.

Up!" Mimi said sharply. "Lying there howling never gives you anything but a headache, and the only good reason to get a headache is because you've drunk too much champagne.

Our responses to events are far more significant than the events themselves

T'aint' no use to look for public sperit 'less you've got some yourself.

concept that to me is totally foreign: looking scruffy is selfish. Not only do you look like a slob but you let down the whole city.

The loaded phrase "se mettre en valeur" is used all the time. It means "to make the most of yourself." This is not something the French do when they feel like it: they do it every day.