“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.”
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attitude
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“The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.”
“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.”
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”
“We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.”
“No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.”
“You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.”
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.”
“I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.”
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”
“The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.”
“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.”
“There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.”
“The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.”
“How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.”
“When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work you develop an attitude where you can do what you please.”
“Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.”
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”
“My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'”
“Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.”
“We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.”
“And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.”
“Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.”