Quotes About Attitude

It is from this unusual attitude alone that we can understand how the State exploited the schools as an instrument for the maintenance of its authority.

Whatever life gives to you, you can respond with joy. Joy is the happiness that does not depend on what happens. It is the grateful response to the opportunity that life offers you at this moment

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

big, strapping macho guys were like liquid diets--they were great for emergencies, but she wouldn't want to be on one all the time.

Charlotte had enough money -- had always had enough money -- that she didn't have to worry about her behavior.

They had been nice to her, that was the surprising thing. She though they'd be cutting and they were kind. Welcoming.

Understanding yourself better, you will see that what happens to you matters less than your own reactions. This is wonderful because you always have far more choice and control about your reactions than you do about "what happens.

I was used to being perceived as having a good attitude. Self-control, self-effacement, self-denial. People like this, especially in girls.

have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.

In truth it matters less what we do... than how we do it and why.

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

The problem is that most people focus on their failures rather than their successes. But the truth is that most people have many more successes than failures.

When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.

The truth is I've worked a lot of things people would consider shitty jobs but I've never really hated any of them.

The truth is, we pamper little griefs into great ones, and bear great ones as well as we can.

The Purusha should assume at all times the attitude of a giver of sanction while rejecting the lower movements and accepting only truth-movements.

The truth is, I was always picky anyway.

If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.