Quotes about Attitude

Living among clowns and misanthropists, she probably cannot appreciate a better class of people when she meets them.

Take warning and begone! It's a kindness to let you have a glimpse of her genuine disposition.

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.

Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions.

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.