Quotes About Attitude

Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.

I can whine –or– I can worship!

She belonged to that rare and objectionable species, the intellectual snob devoid of intellect.

Suddenly, just in time, I realised that he was a filthy Hun, so of course I turned my back on him and refused to shake hands. I think he noticed; anyway, I hope so. I hope he felt his position - General Murgatroyd

Frenchwomen always give one to understand that arranging themselves is full-time work.

It only shows, said Aunt Sadie, that nothing really matters the least bit, so why make these fearful efforts to keep alive? Oh, but it's the efforts that one enjoys so much, said Davey...

Polly's no company for him, really, you can see that, and in many ways she seems dreadfully on his nerves. She's so insular, you know, nothing is right for her, she hates the place, hates the people, even hates the climate. Boy at least is very cosmopolitan, speaks beautiful Italian, prepared to be interested in the local folk-lore and things like that, but you can't be interested quite alone and Polly is so discouraging. Everything seems rot to her and she only longs for England.

His general attitude to what he called the man in the street was that he ought constantly to be covered by machine-guns; this having become impossible, owing to the weakness, in the past, of the great Whig families, he must be doped into submission with the fiction that huge reforms, to be engineered by the Conservative party, were always just round the next corner. Like this he could be kept quiet indefinitely, as long as there was no war.

You know, it's almost impressive," he said after a moment, sounding less wobbly. "You're nearly dead and you're still the rudest person I've ever met. You're welcome again, by the way." "Given that you're at least half responsible for this situation, I refuse to thank you," I said.

I'm not some sort of pallid romantic who insists on being loved for my shining inner being. My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don't want her company myself.

Sabes? Es casi admirable —dijo al cabo de un momento, con la voz menos temblorosa—. Estás medio muerta y sigues siendo la persona más borde que he conocido nunca. Y por cierto: de nada, otra vez.

I don't know why Americans won't just talk about the weather like reasonable people

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.

It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.

There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

Your only limitation is the one which you set up in your own mind.

Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy; unless you let him.

no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Every man is what he is, because of the DOMI­NATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.

Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't.

You may not be able to control other people . . . but you can control how you react to them and their actions. This is an easy thing to say but much more difficult to do.