Attitude Quotes

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome."

~William James

"We all need a daily check up from the neck up to avoid stinkin 'thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes."

~Zig Ziglar

"You don’t have to have a bad attitude to get a better one. All too often we resist a change because we assume change means that we were “not OK” which hurts our self-image."

Your attitude may be great right now…and it can get even better. Why not get better? Why not do more, be more? Why not extend those limits?

~Thomas D. Willhite

"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him."

~Epictetus

"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us."

~Stephen R. Covey

"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

~William James

"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more."

~A. Lou Vickery

"If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it."

~Roger Babson

"Building a habit is the process of educating the subconscious. I have said that you are responsible for changing those attitudes you do not like…and that you can do this by changing the attitude (feeling) itself or by changing your behavior."

~Thomas D. Willhite

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes."

~Charles Swindoll

"Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure. Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances."

~Bryan Adams

"Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident."

~Nancy Kerrigan

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you."

~Henry Ward Beecher

"There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them."

~Clare Boothe Luce

"No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change."

~Barbara DeAngelis

"You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

~Lydia M. Child

"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything."

~Abraham Lincoln

"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change."

~Author Unknown

"Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you."

~Author Unknown

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

~Hugh Downs

"Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself."

~Author Unknown

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

~Maya Angelou

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time."

~Betty Smith

"No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it."

~Ellen Glasgow

"There is 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."

~W. Clement Stone

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine."

~Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."

~Kahlil Gibran

"The happiest of people don't necessary have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way"

~Unknown

"Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth."

~Bruce Lee

"People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives."

~Stedman Graham

"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."

~Oprah Winfrey

"I Certainly don't regret my experiences because without them, I couldn't imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!"

~Sasha Azevedo

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better."

~Barbara Pletcher

"Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian."

~Shari R. Barr

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."

~Lewis L. Dunnington

"With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans, and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about."

~Brian Tracy

"Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself."

~Author Unknown

"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."

~Brian Tracy

"Nothing is interesting if you're not interested."

~Helen MacInness

"You don't have to be sick to get better! You don't have to have a bad attitude to get a better one."

~Thomas D. Willhite

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."

~Allophones Karr

"If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one."

~Cavett Robert

"Maturity is accepting the responsibility and totally understanding what responsibility means. So when we say, accept the responsibility for your attitude, we mean (1) become aware of how you think and how you feel; and (2) if there is any negativity, or if it is simply not as you want to feel then change it to make it right."

~Thomas D. Willhite

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."

~Tom Blandi

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

~Wayne Dyer

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."

~Timothy Bentley

"Just because you are seventy is no excuse to give up and let others make your decisions for you. The fact that you are still alive is reason enough to believe that you are here for a purpose; and that purpose is to learn, to teach, and to GIVE."

~Thomas D. Willhite

"Listen to your I AM’s. You are your I AM’s – the ones you feel in your gut. And the moment that you say, “I refuse to listen to my limitations any more; I refuse to be this or that; I am happier; I am healthier; I am more open; I am more trusting,” you start becoming that way."

~Thomas D. Willhite

"You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

~Lydia M. Child

"Of all the "attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing."

~Zig Ziglar

"We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not."

~Anthony Robbins

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."

~William James

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

~Thomas Jefferson

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

~Lou Holtz

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

~Thomas Jefferson

"YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU. Assuming a responsibility means changing a wrong into a right. In other words, if the way you feel is not right, then assuming responsibility means changing it."

~Thomas D. Willhite

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory."

~Betty Smith