Motivational Attitude Quotes

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.

Khalil Gibran

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

Og Mandino

Inspirational, Attitude, Teaching

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You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Brian Tracy

Life, Change, Positive

FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Aug 12, 2014

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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Patricia Neal

Motivational, Positive, Strong

"Patricia Neal obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2010.

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A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Earl Nightingale

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Diamond Power : Gems of Wisdom from America's Greatest Marketer" edited by Barry J. Farber, (p. 38), 2003.

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To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

Sugar Ray Robinson

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Amy Tan

Inspirational, Life, Change

Amy Tan (2003). “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life”, p.47, Penguin

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Volume”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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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.

W. Clement Stone

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone (1960). “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

Charles R. Swindoll

Inspirational, Change, Happiness

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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

Venus Williams

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James

Life, Change, Positive

"Living the Abundant Life". Book by Thomas S. Monson, 2004.

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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Zig Ziglar

Positive, Thinking Of You, Attitude

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 08, 2014

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

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

Funny, Life, Motivational

"An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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All things are difficult before they are easy.

Thomas Fuller

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 560, 1732.

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The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Scott Hamilton

Inspirational, Positive, Motivational Sports

Scott Hamilton (2009). “The Great Eight: How to Be Happy (even when you have every reason to be miserable)”, p.93, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

Wade Boggs

Positive, Attitude, Ties

"The Frame We Put Around Our Circumstances" by Siobhan Kukolic, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2017.

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