Quotes about Attitude

One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.

You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time... the habit takes over.

Think something isn't good enough, and it never will be. Think something is wonderful, and it will only get better.

Sabbath-keeping requires two orientations. One is Godward. The other is timeward. To keep Sabbath well—as both a day and an attitude—we have to think clearly about God and freshly about time. We likely, at some level, need to change our minds about both. Unless we trust God's sovereignty, we won't dare risk Sabbath. And unless we receive time as abundance and gift, not as ration and burden, we'll never develop a capacity to savor Sabbath.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

To a great extent the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness we harvest love and happiness. Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind person bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles, and avoids a spirit of fault finding.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

I commend you, however, for passing the time in as merry a manner as you possibly could; it is assuredly better to go laughing than crying thro' the rough journey of life.

Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a b

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured