Quotes about Attitude

I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.

Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.

The more you treat someone you hate as if you loved them, the more you will find yourself loving them.

Even saints do not smile sweetly when God throws them into mud puddles. Only pigs do that.

Expect the world to be Heaven, and it will feel like Hell. Expect it to be Purgatory, and it will feel like Heaven. The two most salient facts about Purgatory are pain and hope, suffering and meaning.

The claims the Catholic Church makes are a little like the claims Christ makes: so superhuman that it becomes impossible to take a comfortable, middle-of-the-road attitude toward them, unless we are either sleeping or dishonest. The man who claimed to be God is either God or a lunatic and blasphemer. And the Church that claims to be the body of the God-man, with divine authority to teach infallibly, to forgive sins, to make Christ

Pride is really very simple. It is the attitude of the spoiled brat: "I want what I want when I want it, and if you say No to me, I hate you." "Thy will be done" is the essential prayer of the saint; "my will be done" is the essential demand of the sinner.

When we become part of God's own family, what sets us apart is not any difference in the sin environment around us, but in how we deal with it.

Our attitudes are important! In fact, they are more important than our actions, because they are the foundation upon which our actions are built.

When we are asked to do something that inconveniences us, we are to take on a servant's attitude. Servanthood takes great strength, much greater strength than demanding our own way. And it is that strength which will cause people to notice something different in our lives (Mathew 5:41).

You've got to learn to laugh in the face of adversity.

It's not the tragedy that can ruin you—it's your own attitude toward it. You can let adversity make or break you, Jason. It's up to you.