Quotes about Attitude

Often, what I expect tomorrow to bring will start to play out in my attitude. I think, in some weird way, that if I expect hurt and heartbreak and hardships, this protects me from getting caught off guard. But in reality, when I do this, my negativity pulls me away from trusting God, loving people, and enjoying what today offers. And it sometimes even becomes self-fulfilled prophecies as I trade the good of today for living in fear of tomorrow.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (NLV).

I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them.

The greatest enemy of true faith has always been religion (notice who Jesus reserves his harshest words for), and a religious attitude is not what we are after.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. [Quoted by Theodore Sorensen in 'Kennedy']

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

The multitude of people fail because they talk failure.

As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.

We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.

Many times the difference between your accomplishment and your failure is your attitude.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.