Quotes About Attitude

How you see the world is a reflection of what is within you.

Rank and status do not represent power when surrounded by negativity.

I believe if I refuse to grow old, I can stay young 'til I die.

It does not so matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts. -Laura Ingalls Wilder: Get the Habit of Being Ready , October 20, 1917

Regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it" (Colossians 3:14).

Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV.

Thousands of years ago only Christ could walk on the water. Today anybody can do it; you just step on the garbage.

The secret to my success, is that I'm just too dumb to know that I can't do it.

Algunas personas se quejan de que las rosas tienen espinas. Yo estoy agradecido de que las espinas tengan rosas. ALPHONSE KARR, AUTOR

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game. —Randy Pausch

I had a hard time at the bank today. I tried to take out a loan, and they pulled a real attitude with me. Apparently, they won't accept the voices in my head as references.

To his ear, of course, she suffered some from that malady of her generation- an almost laconic indifference toward speaking concisely- a circling and avoidance of linguistic specificity that bordered on a verbal form of shoulder-shrugging.

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

There are no optimistic or pessimistic personalities. There are only single, individual choices for optimistic or pessimistic thoughts.

Negative thinking is something we all do. The difference between the person who is primarily optimistic and the person who is primarily pessimistic is that the optimist learns to become a good debater. Once you become thoroughly aware of the effectiveness of optimism in your life, you can learn to debate your pessimistic thoughts.

We either make ourselves miserable," said the Brazilian sage Carlos Castaneda, "or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

C.I.A. had "a culture of insularity." The attitude they projected was "Nobody should tell us what to do. We got it. We are special

public opinion surveys consistently show that people are pro-science as a mode of inquiry, but anti-science as a mode of authority.

The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

You couldn't have ironed her voice any flatter.

Avoid people who are always having a bad day. In their minds, nothing ever works in their favor. They have a chronic "Woe Is Me" campaign that they continue to launch full blast. This kind of negativity depletes enthusiasm. You don't need the woe-is-me speech every day.

The range of your vision is impaired by the location of your head.

9. A woman who smiles and takes care of herself and is generally happy with her life is a keeper; a woman who doesn't take care of herself and is sour all the time, has an attitude wider than all the ocean, and doesn't hesitate to lay somebody out for the slightest transgression is a throwback.

10. A woman who shows her appreciation for all that you do for her is a keeper; a woman who acts like nothing you do can make her happy is a throwback.