“Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.”
Your outlook shapes your reality more than your circumstances do — at least according to these thinkers. This collection covers mindset, perspective, and the daily choice between seeing the glass as half full, half empty, or just a glass that needs washing.
“I cannot say that the attitude of the United Nations always is for the Israeli attitude. Israel, I think, has been under severe attacks by members of the United Nations many times.”
“Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.”
“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.”
“Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.”
“I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life.”
“Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you.”
“Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don't care attitude about clothes. You don't care, you just do it and it looks great.”
“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
“Funny is an attitude.”
“I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.”
“And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.”
“The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.”
“We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.”
“Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.”
“You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.”
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”