Quotes About Attitude

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle.

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a good guy.

I knew Elvis Presley very well. He always felt somebody was after him. When you have that kind of a fear, that kind of an attitude, you attract people who want to do you harm.

You become what you believe - not what you wish or want but what you truly believe. Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there.

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected, and you take out less than you want.

We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

It's not a query of staying wholesome. It's a query of discovering a illness you want.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser.

Wraith held up his hands. "Chill, Gramps. I don't want to sit on your knee or anything.

On staring out at a gloomy day: First you must realize that it is the day that is gloomy, not you. If you want to be gloomy, too, that's all right, but it's not mandatory.

You have to be respectful of pop culture, because people interpret it in the way they want.

I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.

If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.

I am not pushy. You want it, you buy it. Most people hit the customer over the head. But if you're too self-important, it's kind of repellent.

The mind can be our best friend and advocate in getting what we want in life, or it can pull the brakes on and be a nasty little foe – the choice is yours – choose your attitude.

You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.

Not everyone wants to be happy

You don't get out of life what you want. You get out of life who you are.

Master said if you want to be happy no one in the world can take happiness from you; if you want to be unhappy, no one in the world can make you happy. So choose to be happy.

I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.

Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.