Quotes About Attitude

In the same way that the really rich can never be mad (they're eccentric), so they can also never be rude (they're outspoken and forthright).

You didn't have to know Pilu for long to see that he floated through life like a coconut on the ocean. He always bobbed up. There was some sort of natural spring of cheerfulness that bubbled to the surface. Sadness was like a cloud across the sun, soon past. Sorrow was tucked away somewhere in his head, locked up in a cage with a blanket over it, like the captain's parrot.

You Don't Have To Be Pitilessly Sadistic To Work Here But It Helps!

People look down on stuff like geography and meteorology, and not only because they're standing on one and being soaked by the other.

Bugger off sweetheart Nanny's busy

In fact, it really wasn't her problem. How nice to find a problem that wasn't yours.

Normally he came up the stairs as if he hated every one of them.

Being a buisance is not something you should die of.

Ankh-Morpork people considered that spelling was a sort of optional extra. They believed in it the same way they believed in punctuation; it didn't matter where you put it, so long as it was there.

And then there was the young male walk. At least women swung only their hips. Young men swung everything, from the shoulders down. You have to try to occupy a lot of space. It makes you look bigger, like a tomcat fluffing his tail. The boys tried to walk big in self-defense against all those other big boys out there. I'm bad, I'm fierce, I'm cool, I'd like a pint of shandy and me mam wants me home by nine.

That's sarcasm! You can't talk to me like that! You're just a servant! That's right. And so are you.

It was central to Nanny Ogg's soul that she never considered herself an old woman, while of course availing herself of every advantage that other people's perceptions of her as such would bring.

There's always hope. So? There's always taxes, too. It doesn't make any difference.

Les choses ne nous arrivent pas, c'est nous qui arrivons aux choses

Dolay?s?yla detaylara inan?lmaz önem verir, her bir probleme potansiyel bir kriz gözüyle bakard?.

He had impressed Slim, who admired his boldness. When Slim said: "Don't you think you're taking considerable risks in coming here and adopting this attitude?" he had replied, "No." "Why not?" "Because you are a British officer." As Slim later wrote, Aung San scored heavily.

mindset drives and shapes all that we do—how we engage with others and how we behave in every moment and situation.

while behaviors drive results, behaviors themselves are informed and shaped by one's mindset.

Generally speaking, we respond to others' way of being toward us rather than to their behavior. Which is to say that our children respond more to how we're regarding them than they do to our particular words or actions.

So while it's true that behavior drives results, it's also true that mindset drives behavior.

the differences between what we have to do to get something to happen and what everyone else in our organization has to do. Which of these are necessary or unavoidable, and which of them do we retain because we think we are better than others, more vital, and deserve special treatment?

Mulally pointed to ten BPR rules he had posted on the wall of the room3: • People first • Everyone is included • Compelling vision • Clear performance goals • One plan • Facts and data • Propose a plan, "find-a-way" attitude • Respect, listen, help, and appreciate each other • Emotional resilience … trust the process • Have fun … enjoy the journey and each other

Generally speaking, we respond to others' way of being toward us rather than to their behavior.

Your way of not bothering looks exactly like bothering, if you ask me.