Quotes about Attitude

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go of my obsession with how I'm doing. It means training myself to learn to actually be present with people, and seeking to love them.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.

I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.

In other words, says Abbot Bernard, if you're not concerned that your heart might become hard, it already is. A hardened heart is a big problem for a leader in any context, but it will utterly derail any hope of being able to clearly hear and do the will of God.

What we think has a strong influence on what we feel. John

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

Nothing sets a Christian so much out of the devil's reach than humility.

Your cross is your attitude about your dead-end job and your in-laws. It is your attitude about your aches and pains. Any complaints, any grumblings, any disputings or murmurings, any anxieties, any worries, any resentments or anything that hints of a raging torrent of bitterness--these are the things God calls me to die to daily.