Quotes About Outlook

The future depends on attitude, aptitude, and gratitude--not on knowledge.

You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.

Attitudes are more important than intelligence.

So as you begin your journey to secure a new opportunity, you must embrace two critical components: Adopt a healthy and positive outlook about how best to cope with and work through your job loss, as well as any of life's other unexpected bumps in the road. Master the 10 principles of success and the four emotional channeling techniques I will introduce later in this chapter to help you maintain a positive, healthy state of mind.

His view of human nature is more jaundiced (I think that is the word) than mine.

To me age is a number, just a number. Who cares?

It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.

Don't let life's events determine your attitude, let your attitude determine your life..

Nothing will cost you more in life than a predetermined belief that things aren't going to work out.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. — DR. JOYCE BROTHERS

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you … we are in charge of our Attitudes.

Your day goes the way the corners of your mouth turn.

Your day goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. — UNKNOWN

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." That's a powerful statement—and it's the truth.

The person with the negative attitude thinks "I CAN'T." The person with the positive attitude thinks "I CAN." The person with the negative attitude dwells on problems. The person with the positive attitude concentrates on solutions. The person with the negative attitude finds fault with others. The person with the positive attitude looks for the good in others. The person with the negative attitude focuses on what's missing.

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness. — Earl Nightingale

The person with the negative attitude dwells on problems. The person with the positive attitude concentrates on solutions. The person with the negative attitude finds fault with others. The person with the positive attitude looks for the good in others.

Your happiness is affected by 1) your outlook, that is, how you choose to view the events and circumstances of your everyday life; 2) specific actions with positive impact—things like writing down three things your grateful for, or sending appreciative emails, doing random acts of kindness, practicing forgiveness, meditating, and exercising; and 3) where you put your time and energy, and especially investing more time into important relationships and personally meaningful pursuits.

The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the failure curve is blame. The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the success curve is responsibility.

A positive philosophy turns into a positive attitude, which turns into positive actions, which turns into positive results, which turns into a positive lifestyle. A positive life. And a negative philosophy turns into a negative attitude, which turns into negative actions, which turns into negative results, which turns into a negative lifestyle.

attitude—our positive outlook on life—the key factor for us living long and productive lives.

People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts. If a man feels kindly and obliging, his neighbors will feel that way, too, before long.But if he scolds and scowls and criticizes—his neighbors will return scowl for scowl, and add interest! … When you look for the bad, expecting it, you will get it. When you know you will find the good—you will get that…