Quotes About Attitude

My sullenness delighted him. "You're charming," he said. "Do you always speak like this?

You're sweet, funnyface," he sometimes said, "but, you know, you aren't really very bright." She was scarcely at all mollified by his adding. "Thank heaven. I hate bright women.

I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

years. What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life. In

Psychological research has shown that the most productive and happy people have a basically optimistic view of the future. We believe the same is true of companies

Look, this is going to be a very hard challenge. I want you to think about how demanding this is going to be. If you don't think you're going to like it, that's fine. Nobody's going to hate you.

I'm saying that some men are saints. Some are happy being meek and humble and unambitious. Some men are born content to be second-best.

If you smile when you lose, then you win in life.

In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive.

It goes without saying that the Jewish people can have no other goal than Palestine and that, whatever the fate of the proposition may be, our attitude toward the land of our fathers is and shall remain unchangeable.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Basketball sneakers are for people who want to be comfortable. I rather be uncomfortable and just look nice.

I get very uncomfortable with negativity.

Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with.

If your shot is broke, you at least want to shoot it comfortably. You want to be comfortable shooting a broke shot. You don't want to be uncomfortable shooting a broke shot.

Obviously as players we want to play every game. But when you do miss out, I strongly believe the job is to not sulk and make things uncomfortable for those picked or the captain.

I had kind of an attitude, which was not uncommon in New York. Theater people who went to Hollywood to do sitcoms were selling out. That was the attitude. And I didn't really relish the idea of being cast in a sitcom, because I shared that attitude.

My pressure is second to none and my timing and attitude are second to none, and that's what I want to be recognized for; not for being undefeated, because what does that mean? That just means you won. And I want to known for my style and the way that I fight, the timing that I bring and the fact that I rely on my reactions, stuff like that.

I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.

Brady Hoke is an underdog. He has an attitude, a chip. He's self-made. He always has something to prove.

I've been the underdog before. It's a place I like to be.

When I first met the world, basically, or introduced myself to people, I was in 'Superbad,' and I feel the same way I felt promoting 'Superbad' in an underdog style that I feel promoting 'Moneyball.'

Any time you have defensive ends going above you in the draft, when you know you put up numbers that were equal to better, you just have to use that as motivation. Whenever you're the underdog, you have to have the right attitude and just go out there and be yourself; just play.