ATTITUDE

Quotes on ATTITUDE

"The greatest discovery of my generation is

that human beings can alter their

lives by altering their attitude of mind."

— William James, Psychologist

"The most positive men are the most credulous."

— Alexander Pope

"No one ever finds life worth living

 (s)he has to make it worth living."

— Unknown

"Pity is one of the noblest emotions

available to human beings; self-pity is

possibly the most ignoble . . . .

[It] is an incapacity, a crippling emotional disease

that severely distorts our perception of reality . . .

a narcotic that leaves its

addicts wasted and derelict."

— Eugene H. Peterson, Author of Earth and Altar

 

"Nothing can stop the man with

the right mental attitude from achieving his goal;

noting on earth can help the man with

the wrong mental attitude."

— W. W. Ziege

"A successful man is one who

can lay a firm foundation with

the bricks others have thrown at him."

— David Brinkley, Television Journalist

"We can not tell what may happen to you

in the strange medley of life. But we can decide

what happens to us—how we take it,

what we do with it—and that is

what really counts in the end."

— Joseph F. Newton

"You can not always control circumstances,

but you can control your own thoughts."

— Charles Popplestown

"If we did all the things we were

capable of doing, we would literally

astound ourselves."

— Thomas Edison

"Whatever is true,

whatever is honorable,

whatever is just,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is gracious ...

think about these things."

— Philippians 4:8

 

"Everything can be taken from a man

or a woman but one thing: the last of

human freedoms —to choose one's

attitude in any given set of circumstances,

to choose one's own way."  

— Victor Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning

"If you will call your troubles experiences,

and remember that every experience

develops some latent force within you,

you will grow vigorous and happy,

however adverse your circumstances

may seem to be."

— John R. Miller

"Cultivate optimism by committing

yourself to a cause, a plan or a value system.

You'll feel that you are growing in a meaningful

direction which will help you rise

above day-to-day setbacks."

— Dr. Robert Conroy in Bottom Line-Personal

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth,

a high IQ, or in talent.

The winner's edge is all in the attitude,

not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

— Dennis Waitley

"Let your Discourse with Men of Business be

Short and Comprehensive."

— George Washington

Rules of Civility

"If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself.

No one has the right to go croaking about society,

or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief."

— Benjamin Disraeli

"What you think means

more than anything else in your life.

More than what you earn,

more than where you live,

more than your social position,

and more than

what anyone else may think about you."

— George Matthew Adams

Author

"[Sprezzatura ("unstudied nonchalance"):]

Employ in everything a certain casualness

which conceals art and creates the impression

that what is done and said is accomplished

without effort and without its being thought about.

It is from this, in my opinion,

that grace largely derives."

— Baldassare Castiglione

The Book of the Courtier, 1528

"Change your thoughts and

you change the world."

— Norman Vincent Peale

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right."

— Henry Ford

"Up is never where you are now."

— Belasco & Stayer

"A positive attitude may not solve

all your problems, but it will annoy enough

people to make it worth the effort."

— Herm Albright