Quotes about Attitude

Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

That's what I dislike most of all in people — cold irony. It's a very cowardly attitude to mock or belittle everything, never be committed to anything, not feel tied to anything. Like an impotent man who can't experience pleasure himself, but will do all he can to ruin it for others

When we were young we thought of old age as an ailment that affected only other people.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

unbelief turns on an act of will and a habit of mind shaped by choice.

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are.

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.

We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.

When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God's throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship God, nor do we seek to form the mind of Christ. If we are hard towards God, we will become hard towards other people.