Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henepola Gunaratana

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves.

Henry David Thoreau

I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.

Malcolm X

Until the image of the black man in the mind of the black man has been changed, there will always be delinquency, parental and juvenile. The idea is not to change the attitude of the white man to the black man but to change the attitude of the black man to himself.

Malcolm X

Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your - your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action. As long as you gotta sit-down philosophy, you’ll have a sit-down thought pattern, and as long as you think that old sit-down thought you’ll be in some kind of sit-down action.

Malcolm X

Whenever any black man in america shows signs of an uncompromising attitude, against the injustices that he experiences daily, and shows no tendency whatsoever to compromise with it, then the American press [characterizes him] as a radical, as an extremist someone who's irresponsible, or as a rabble rouser or someone who doesn't rationalize in dealing with the problem.

Malcolm X

To the same degree that your understanding of and attitude towards Afrika becomes more positive, your understanding of and attitude towards yourself will also becomes more positive...

Malcolm Gladwell

A study at the University of Utah found that if you ask someone why he is friendly with someone else, he’ll say it is because he and his friend share similar attitudes. But if you actually quiz the two of them on their attitudes, you’ll find out that what they actually share is similar activities. We’re friends with the people we do things with, as much as we are with the people we resemble. We don’t seek out friends, in other words. We associate with the people who occupy the same small, physical spaces that we do.

John C. Maxwell

We are responsible for our attitudes.

John C. Maxwell

Our attitude at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else.

John C. Maxwell

There is no such thing as a perfect flawless attitude.

John C. Maxwell

Our attitude determines our approach to life.

John C. Maxwell

Our attitude can turn our problems into blessings.

John C. Maxwell

Our attitude can give us an uncommonly positive perspective.

John C. Maxwell

Usually the person who rises within an organization has a good attitude. The promotions did not give that individual an outstanding attitude, but an outstanding attitude resulted in promotions.

John C. Maxwell

All things being equal, attitude wins. All things not being equal, attitude sometimes still wins.

John C. Maxwell

Your attitude is either your best friend or your worst enemy, your greatest asset or your greatest liability

John C. Maxwell

Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy.

John C. Maxwell

You are only an attitude away from success!

John C. Maxwell

Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.

John C. Maxwell

A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.

John C. Maxwell

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.

John C. Maxwell

I tell a person, "If I could go home with you tomorrow and you and I could spend the day together from maybe 8:00 to 6:00, and we went out to a restaurant at 6:30, I could tell you with a high degree of accuracy how successful you're going to be." That's huge because I'm just going to look and see, what kind of attitude do you have, how do you relate to people, how well do you prioritize your life? I'm going to see all of those things in the process of a day.

John C. Maxwell

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

John C. Maxwell

The sum of all your thoughts comprises your overall attitude.

John C. Maxwell

I remember as a seventeen-year-old kid saying, "If attitude made me captain of this team, I'm going to have a good attitude all my life."

John C. Maxwell

Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.

John C. Maxwell

Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.

John C. Maxwell

The leader’s Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the temperature is insufferable.

John C. Maxwell

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

John C. Maxwell

You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.

John C. Maxwell

Since an attitude is often expressed by our body language and by the looks on our faces, it can be contagious.

John C. Maxwell

Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from others.

James Joyce

He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. If he were a painter he would paint her in that attitude. Her blue felt hat would show off the bronze of her hair against the darkness and the dark panels of her skirt would show off the light ones. Distant Music he would call the picture if he were a painter.