Quotes on Attitude

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

Health is not an objective condition which can be understood by the methods of natural science alone. It is rather a condition related to the mental attitude by which the individual has to value what is essential for his life.

If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and the many as unreal?" the Swami was asked. "Yes", answered the Swami. "And what Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and I have added to this is, that the Many and the One are the same Reality, perceived by the same mind at different times and in different attitudes.

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

We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!

Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety, as long as the public remains passive and obedient.

Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will 'capture' something 'seen.' The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and the internal events.

If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull.

You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils; it's all a matter of what attitude you take towards them.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it.

The strength and clarity of your vision will lift you out of the depth of any hardship.