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.
-- Author Unknown

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
-- Hugh Downs

A healthy attitude is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
-- Anonymous

A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you.
-- Author Unknown

Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself.
-- Author Unknown

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
-- Norman Vincent Peale

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

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.
-- Katherine Mansfield

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
-- Bill Meyer

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
-- Francesca Reigler

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
-- Ancient Persian Saying

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
-- Maya Angelou

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
-- Henry Ford

I've got dreams in hidden places and extra smiles for when I'm blue.
-- Author Unknown

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.
-- Betty Smith

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.
-- Ellen Glasgow

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
-- Thomas Jefferson

Nothing is interesting if you're not interested.
-- Helen MacInness

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
-- Hubert Humphrey

Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus.
-- Susan Longacre

Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.
-- Emory Austin

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.
-- Author Unknown

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
-- William James

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.
-- Charles R. Swindoll

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.
-- Will Foley

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
-- William J. Bennett

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

Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
-- Maurice Setter

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.
-- Konrad Adenauer

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.
-- Author Unknown

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt... -- Dorothy Day

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
-- William James

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude.
-- Lucy MacDonald

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.
-- Kahlil Gibran

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