Attitude Quotes - Page 16

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  Change your thoughts and you change your world.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Norman Vincent Peale (1970). “Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence”

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  What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Life, Basketball

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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• Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

  Earl Nightingale

  Beautiful, Bouquets, Holding On

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• My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'.

  Sean Connery

  Cheer, Views, People

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• Direction, not intention determines your destination.

  Andy Stanley

  Inspirational, Goal, Choices

  Twitter post from Jun 29, 2012

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• A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

  Beck

  Positive, Happiness, Stars

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• True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Contentment

  Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.104

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• Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• If you don't think every day is a great day try going without one.

  Jim Evans

  Positive Thinking, Good Day, Great Day

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• Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity.

  William James

  Capacity, Accomplished, Amazed

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• Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Graduation

  H. Jackson Brown Jr., Rochelle Pennington (2001). “Highlighted in Yellow: A Short Course In Living Wisely And Choosing Well”, p.79, Harper Collins

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• Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Time, Character, Greatness

  Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.25, Cosimo, Inc.

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• If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

  Magic Johnson

  Motivational, Basketball, Hard Work

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

  Alphonse Karr

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

  Henry Miller

  Positive, Travel, Vision

  Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.25, New Directions Publishing

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• Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Friendship, Wise, Prayer

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

  Pat Riley

  Positive, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• The most positive men are the most credulous.

  Alexander Pope

  Positive, Success, Men

  'Miscellanies' (1727) vol. 2 'Thoughts on Various Subjects'

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• When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Patience

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Issues, Political, Progressive

  Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.

  Kathleen Turner

  Sex, Character, Positive Thinking

  The Observer, London, December 28, 1986.

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• 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.

  Ted Turner

  Running, Winning, Giving

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