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Attitude Quotes


"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."


"The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude."


"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life."


"If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts."


"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."


"The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does."


"Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality."


"What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude."


"Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up."


"I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style."


"Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst - the presumption that they know best, and they're going to get their way whether the American people like it or not."


"Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men."


"A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit."


"To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel."


"I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue."


"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."


"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door."


"Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable."


"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."



"All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind."


"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude."


"You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous."


"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."


"Boredom is for the selfish."


"In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude."



"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."


"I was bringing my attitude as a regular person 'cause this is my attitude."


"The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally."


"After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude."


"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."


"There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants."


"Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching."


"A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier."


"Nothing closes doors as quickly as constant bad humor, reclamation, whining. Nobody wants to associate themselves with losers."
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