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Attitude Quotes


"But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep."


"An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic."


"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."


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


"The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject."


"I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out."


"Obama does not represent America. Nor does he represent anything what our forefathers stood for. This country is basically built on an attitude. It's a way of life. It's not because you're born here. It's not that you're supposed to take from those who have and give to those who haven't. That kills a country. It killed Russia."


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


"If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial."


"I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem."


"In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized."


"The attitude and capacity of the factory, the old metal table and the new ideas of the wooden furniture quickly and naturally suggested the possibility of metal furniture."



"Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades."


"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"


"Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms."


"I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing."


"When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic."


"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."


"Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect."


"You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it."


"Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows."


"The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day."


"There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse."


"Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude."


"Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear."


"It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic."


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


"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative."


"By focusing your thoughts on the things you are thankful for, you attract more things to be grateful for into your life."


"There does not seem to be that collegiality I referred to, there seems to be much more of a them versus us attitude, rather than we all have a role to play in this process so let's get on with it."


"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it."



"What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?"


"Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness."
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