Quotes about Attitude

He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

We may love money without having it, just as we may have money without loving it.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind, as by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends.

I will not be discouraged by failure I will not be elated by success.

As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will shit on you. Don't bother to brush it off. Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you.

And just as the child gradually breaks off the habit of regarding his mother only as a means of satisfying his own desires and learns to love her for her own sake, so the worshipper after a struggle has reached an attitude of mind in which he desires God for himself and not as a means of fulfillment of his own wishes.

Many think that the only way to change your behavior is to first change your feelings.

One person says, "I don't feel like worshiping; therefore I am not going to church. I will wait till I feel like it and then I will go." Another says, "I don't feel like worshiping; therefore I will go to church and put myself in the way of worship." In the process she finds herself blessed and begins, in turn, to bless.

The theologian who has no joy in his work is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this science.

It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.

Well, looks like you won't be reaching nirvana anytime soon." She pushed a stray lock of hair off her forehead and sniffed. "Yes, I suppose that's true. I guess I'll just have to settle for a trip to Idaho.