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Attitude Quotes



"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."


"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."


"My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never."


"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."


"The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged."


"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest."


"If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments."


"Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important."



"Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture."



"Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time."



"I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health."


"A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me."



"There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit."


"Here you do have forests, where pigs could be raised by letting them root about in the forests for a good part of the year. Therefore, you have a different attitude toward them compared with what continues to exist in the Middle East."



"My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky."


"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."


"Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back."


"You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN."



"Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form."


"Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful."


"People who complain about something that they cannot do anything about are as irritating as those who complain about something that they can do something about."



"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."


"No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude."


"Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family."



"My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression."


"We've been seeing some good things from Randy. We're starting to see that Randy Johnson attitude that we've been looking forward to seeing."


"It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races."


"As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too."



"Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives."



"The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances."


"Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone."
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