“And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.”
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.
“The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.”
“And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.”
“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
“Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.”
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.”
“We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.”
“If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.”
“You know what's funny to me? Attitude.”
“Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.”
“The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of national security.”
“A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.”
“You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.”
“If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”
“People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.”
“I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.”
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.”