Attitude Quotes

Here are selected the very best attitude quotes from literally hundreds we've come across. Here are some great quotes, by truly inspirational people, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Norman Vincent Peale, and the Buddha.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Attitude Quote:

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Kahlil Gibran Thoughts on Attitude:

"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


Theodore Roosevelt Quote on Belief:

"Believe you can and you're half way there."
~ Theodore Roosevelt


William James Attitude Quote:

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."
~ William James

Mary Kay Ash Positive Quote:

"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. "
~ Mary Kay Ash


Norman Vincent Peale On Attitude:

"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


Thomas Jefferson Right Mental Attitude Quote:

"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


John F. Kennedy Positive Outlook Quote:

"When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."
~ John F. Kennedy


Ella Wheeler Wilcox Attitude Poem:

"One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
'Tis the set of sails and not the gales
Which tells us the way to go. "
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Charles Swindoll Attitude Quote:

"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, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day 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 string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes. "
~ Charles Swindoll


Buddha Attitude Quote:

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
~ Buddha


Vince Lombardi Positive Attitude Quote:

"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."
~ Vince Lombardi


Unknown Author Positive Attitude Quote:

"Positive attitudes create a chain reaction of positive thoughts."
~ Unknown


Viktor E. Frankl Thoughts on Attitude:

"We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
The last of his freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
~ Viktor E. Frankl


Art Linkletter Attitude Saying:

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
~ Art Linkletter


Apollo Belief Quote:

"Ability is what gives you the opportunity; belief is what gets you there. "
~ Apollo


Ralph Waldo Emerson Attitude Quote:

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. "
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Harry Truman Positive Attitude Quote:

"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties."
~ Harry Truman


Brian Tracy Positive Quote:

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."
~ Brian Tracy


Earl Nightingale Attitude Quote:

"We tend to live up to our expectations."
~ Earl Nightingale