Quotes about Attitude

I am prepared to show you that you have resources and a character naturally strong and resilient; show me in return what grounds you have for being peevish and malcontent.

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

It is for you to arrange your priorities; but whatever you decide to do, don't do it resentfully, as if you were being imposed on.

It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about removing wrong thoughts from the mind than removing tumors and abscesses from the body.

19] 'My brother shouldn't have treated me in this way.' Indeed he shouldn't, but it's for him to see to that. For my part, however he treats me, I should conduct myself towards him as I ought. For that is my business, and the rest is not my concern. In this no one can hinder me, while everything else is subject to hindrance.

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go of my obsession with how I'm doing. It means training myself to learn to actually be present with people, and seeking to love them.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.