Quotes About Attitude

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The world belongs to optimists. Pessimists are only spectators.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Frank Bettger

They're a different generation, those kids kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube.

While we have minimal control over the events that befall us, we have the final say over how we regard and react to them.

It's never occurred to me to worry about my health, or that I'll get old, or that people will stop laughing at me.

Is life worth living? It depends on the liver.

So what do you do for a living? Staying alive is nice, but you can't do that forever. It's how you live the life you have while you have it.

It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

I say, Billy, what's the use in playing croquet when you're doomed? He says, Frankie, what's the use of not playing croquet when you're doomed?

Remember the words of Taine: "for a young person the world always seems a scandalous place". Later in life, the world seems only to be an imperfect place which can be worked on here and there. I'm told that finally, in old age, the world becomes either infinitely amusing or infinitely annoying — according to one's temperament.

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.

I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.

Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.

Ya gotta love livin', pally, cuz dyin's a pain in the ass!