4,945 Quotes About Attitude

It seems everybody had a more non-partisan attitude this year. It's the best forum I've seen in five or six years.

A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. Do not make yourself ill with overwhelm. There is a tendency to fall into being weakened by perseverating on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails.

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

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.

Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.

When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.