400 Positive Attitude Quotes: Change Your Outlook (2023)

1. A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.

2. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

3. “The most important thing you’ll ever wear is your attitude.” —Jeff Moore

4. Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

5. “Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.”

6. "An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette

7. “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin

8. “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” ~ Joel Osteen

9. Don’t be too honest in the world, because Straight trees are always chosen for cutting. – Unknown

10. "Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.” ― Roy T. Bennett

11. “Be positive. Your mind is more powerful than you think. What is down in the well comes up in the bucket. Fill yourself with positive things.” –Tony Dungy

12. “A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” ~ Joyce Meyer

13. Adopting the right attitude can convert negative stress into a positive one. – Hans Selye

14. "Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” ― Napoleon Hill

15. Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

16. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

17. “We lost because we told ourselves we lost.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

18. "I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln

19. “I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” ~ Charles F. Glassman

20. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. Edison

21. “Changing your mindset is a game changer.” —Frank Sonnenberg

22. In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.

23. “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”

24. “An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” ~ Brian Tracy

25. “Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities.” ~ Jack Ma

26. "If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.” – Oscar Wilde

27. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

28. “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.” ~ John C. Maxwell

29. Every man is free to rise as far as he’s able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he’ll rise

30. "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller

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32. “Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.” ~ Harvey MacKay

33. Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

34. "Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.” – John C. Maxwell

35. I don’t get lucky. I make my own luck.

36. When your attitude is right, the facts don’t count.

37. “Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

38. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

39. Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done. - Bo Bennett

40. "You really can change the world if you care enough.” – Marian Wright Edelman

41. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ~ Maya Angelou

42. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde

43. “You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” —Les Brown

44. "Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” ― Lou Holtz

45. Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come

46. "I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

47. Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone. – Alicia Witt

48. “Listen and listen difficult people carefully with a nonjudgmental attitude.” ~ Invajy

49. Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure

50. “An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” – Brian Tracy

51. Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

52. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” —Anne Frank

53. The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

54. "Your attitude is something that is completely within your control.” — Mark Fritz

55. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

56. "You become what you think about.” – Napoleon Hill

57. Your problem isn’t the problem, it’s your attitude about the problem.

58. "People with an attitude of success make a special effort to stay on top of the things that are going on in their field of interest.” — Bob Roth

59. A great attitude to have in life is to learn how to be prepared for the worst- but also know how to expect the best in life.

60. Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

61. “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” —Muhammad Ali

62. “If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.” – Amy Tan

63. “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

64. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

65. Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

66. Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

67. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

68. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

69. “You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

70. "Everything is in your mind. Your ability to succeed, to fail, to win, to lose is just a matter of attitude.” — Scott Oteri

71. "A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.” ― David Bailey

72. “A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems.” —Subodh Gupta

73. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

74. Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude. – Ralph Marston

75. My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

76. “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”

77. “Someday someone will break you so badly that you’ll become unbreakable.” ~ Anonymous

78. "A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” – Bruce Lee

79. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” – Abraham Lincoln

80. "Your aspirations are your possibilities.” – Samuel Johnson

81. “Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.” —Dwayne Johnson

82. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. - Winston Churchill

83. A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.

84. “Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”

85. It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

86. “Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.” – John C. Maxwell

87. “Life isn’t fair. It never will be. Quit trying to make it fair. You don’t need it to be fair. Go make life unfair to your advantages.” ~ Robert T. Kiyosaki

88. "You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer

89. “Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.” —Joe Biden

90. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.

91. The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

92. Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

93. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

94. “All your dreams can come true f you have the courage to purse them.” —Walt Disney

95. The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

96. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” ~ Brian Tracy

97. “A positive attitude towards life is the strongest shield against the demoralizing arrows of life!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan

98. "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare

99. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you won’t get no where till you change it.” ~ Joyce Meyer

100. “Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.”

101. “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” ~ Scott Hamilton

102. “You need an attitude of survive. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.” —Oprah Winfrey

103. “Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.” ~ John C. Maxwell

104. "Your attitude will determine your success in life. You are the one who decides what type of attitude you have, it is your choice!” — Catherine Pulsifer

105. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.” —Helen Keller

106. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ~ Oscar Wilde

107. “With positive attitude you become optimistic about situations, interactions, and yourself.” ~ Invajy

108. “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

109. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

110. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

111. "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.” – Sigmund Freud

112. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” ~ Bruce Lee

113. “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” —Kobe Bryant

114. “Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character” ~ Albert Einstein

115. “Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.” ~ John Mitchell

116. The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel. - Lou Ferrigno

117. None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise, none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can! – Ratan Tata

118. "I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” ― Anne Frank

119. “Which way you choose to see your life in the future depends on your attitude today.” ~ Amy E. Dean

120. “Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.” – Robert Greene

121. “There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”

122. When you ain’t got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

123. “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”

124. “Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

125. "Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities.” ― Jack Ma

126. “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” ~ Dale Carnegie

127. “The road to success is always paved with failures” ~ Invajy

128. “The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” —Charles Dickens

129. “I love those who can smile in trouble...”

130. Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

131. "We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.” ― Charles R. Swindoll

132. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein

133. Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts.

134. “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.” ~ Walt Disney

135. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” ~ Og Mandino

136. You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.

137. “Things have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive.” ~ Lou Holtz

138. The attitude is very important. Because your behavior radiates how you feel.

139. For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. - Walter Scott

140. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

141. We contend that you have to keep a positive attitude. Luck follows those who are persistent and patient. You just keep your hook in the water and hope for the best.

142. "The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” – William James

143. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”~ Oprah Winfrey

144. "The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.” — John P. Hunter III

145. “No, I am not bitter, I am not hateful, and I am not unforgiving. I just don't like you.”

146. “Minds are like parachutes —they only function when open.” ~ Thomas Dewar

147. A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

148. If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

149. “The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” ~ Charles Dickens

150. “You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” ~ Les Brown

151. “You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

152. People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

153. I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

154. 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.

155. “Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.”

156. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”~ Michael Jordan

157. “Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.”~ Seth Godin

158. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

159. We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.

160. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” —Maya Angelou

161. “All your dreams can come true f you have the courage to purse them.” ~ Walt Disney

162. Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

163. "If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

164. "Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” – George Bernard Shaw

165. “Attitudes are more important than facts.” ~ Mary Engelbreit

166. “The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.” – Dennis Brown

167. A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

168. A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.

169. The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. - James Truslow Adams

170. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ~ Helen Keller

171. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ~ Stephen Covey

172. "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” ― Albert Einstein

173. There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

174. "Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” ― Irving Berlin

175. “Success or failure is caused more by mental attitude than by mental capacity.” ~ Walter Scott

176. If you’re looking for ways to stay upbeat, also see our 8 Ways to Be More Positive and implement them to keep your attitude resilient.

177. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” —Abraham Lincoln

178. The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

179. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress.

180. “The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitudes.” – Viktor Frankl

181. Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

182. Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

183. "Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino

184. Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done.

185. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston S. Churchill

186. “In one minute you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day.” ~ Spencer Johnson

187. "The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

188. “All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds.” ~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

189. "If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

190. It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

191. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Milton Berle

192. “The moon does not simply disappear when we are not looking at it.” ~ Albert Einstein

193. "Your problem isn’t the problem, it’s your attitude about the problem.” – Ann Brashares

194. “Repeating positive morning affirmations every day can transform your thought patterns and mental attitudes.” ~ Invajy

195. "The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance.” – Robert Greene

196. Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.

197. Dylan J. Cameron, Positive Thinking In a Negative World

198. You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

199. People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

200. “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” ~ Anonymous

201. “It is good people who make good places.”

202. We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

203. “There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren’t contributing to it.” ~ Germany Kent

204. “You don’t need an easier life, but rather an attitude of perseverance. Attitude precedes outcome.” ~ James Clear

205. “Giving up should NOT be part of your dictionary.” ~ Jawo

206. “The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance.” – Robert Greene

207. "If we choose a positive, loving attitude that honors all life and embrace the changes as much as possible, things won’t be quite as difficult.” — Richard L. Haight

208. The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

209. Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman – not the attitude of the prospect.

210. When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

211. "Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden

212. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

213. Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

214. “It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”

215. "Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett

216. “It is not the position, but the disposition.” – Susan Sontag

217. A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

218. “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” ~ Colin Powell

219. "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu

220. The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.

221. “A positive attitude is a person’s passport to a better tomorrow”~ Jeff Keller

222. "Whatever happens, take responsibility.” – Tony Robbins

223. Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities.

224. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ~ Roy T. Bennett

225. Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

226. “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

227. “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” ~ Herm Albright

228. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

229. Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test.

230. Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.

231. "A great attitude to have in life is to learn how to be prepared for the worst- but also know how to expect the best in life.” — Dylan J. Cameron

232. "Only you can control your future.” – Dr. Seuss

233. “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”

234. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~ Steve Jobs

235. “Train your mind to see positive in every situation and be grateful for that.” ~ Invajy

236. "For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” ― Walter Scott

237. “When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

238. “Learning to control and adjust your attitude to a positive one reflects wisdom of the mind.” ~ Catherine Pulsifer

239. "You must be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

240. "Responsibility is the great developer of men.” – Mary Parker Follett

241. "When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr

242. "It is good people who make good places.” – Anna Sewell

243. Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

244. “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” ~ Joyce Meyer

245. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” ~ Ralph Marston

246. As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

247. When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.

248. “You are the conductor of your own attitude! Nobody else can compose your thoughts for you.” ~ Larry Hargraves

249. “A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” ~ George M. Moore Jr.

250. “If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.”

251. “Bad attitudes will ruin your team.” ~ Terry Bradshaw

252. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.” ~ Helen Keller

253. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

254. "It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus

255. "People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” ― John C. Maxwell

256. A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.

257. There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

258. “Your talent determines what you can do, Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” ~ Lou Holtz

259. Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. - John N. Mitchell

260. “Keep a positive attitude, even if results don’t seem to be occurring as quickly as you want them to.” —James Thompson

261. Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

262. "Every day brings new choices.” – Martha Beck

263. "Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.” – Robert Greene

264. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

265. Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.

266. “Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

267. Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.

268. "Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

269. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

270. "A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” ― Hugh Downs

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272. “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ~ Stephen King

273. There’s an attitude you can only get through winning. Winning makes you believe that you can win again and again.

274. Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything. –George Bernard Shaw

275. "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford

276. Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

277. “Smile Often, think positively, express gratitude, laugh loudly, love others, spread compassion and dream big.” ~ Invajy

278. “Your attitude can take you forward or your attitude can take you down. The choice is always yours!” ~ Catherine Pulsifer

279. "The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey

280. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

281. “Life is your seesaw. You may not stay balanced long, but you can aim for a high after every low.” ~ Sanita Belgrave

282. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

283. "The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.” ― Arthur Ashe

284. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett

285. “If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”

286. “A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” ~ Patricia Neal

287. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it.

288. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

289. "Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.” – Wayne Dyer

290. “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.” —Walt Disney

291. "The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” – Voltaire

292. We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

293. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

294. “Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.” ~ Joe Biden

295. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” —Frances Hodgson Burnett

296. Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. - Jane Addams

297. “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” ~ Katherine Hepburn

298. Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

299. Morale and attitude are the fundamental ingredients to success.

300. “It’s not the method, it’s the mindset.” – Andy Gilbert

301. “The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.”~ Louis E. Boone

302. “You Are the Master of Your Attitude

303. "Your attitude towards life influences your happiness, not what happens to you.” — Thibaut Meurisse

304. “It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” —Ellen DeGeneres

305. “Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.”

306. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ~ Winston Churchill

307. If you have even one percent doubt on me, then I am not for you. – Unknown

308. “Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

309. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

310. “With a positive attitude, the world is your oyster. Without it, your world will be filled with ill fate and unfortunate circumstances.” ~ Lorena Laughlin

311. “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

312. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank

313. Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

314. "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey

315. “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” —Colin Powell

316. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” —Dolly Parton

317. Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

318. “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.” ~ Sigmund Freud

319. 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.

320. "Pessimism never won any battle.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

321. “Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.”

322. “You can’t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.” ~ Mel Robbins

323. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

324. Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?

325. “To experience true happiness, two things are quintessential: zero expectations and let go attitude.” ~ Invajy

326. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

327. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

328. A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

329. “Achievements are a result of hard work, determination and constant efforts with positive attitude.” ~ Invajy

330. “Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.” ~ Wayne Dyer

331. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’re right.

332. “You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude.” ~ Henry Ford

333. Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.

334. Attitudes are more important than facts.

335. Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

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337. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.”

338. “Having a positive attitude isn’t wishy-washy, it’s a concrete and intelligent way to view problems, challenges, and obstacles.” —Jeff Moore

339. “Sunday is a day of reflection; to think about, meditate on, and evaluate your behaviors, thoughts, attitudes, motivations, and desires.” ~ Invajy

340. “A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” —Captain Jack Sparrow

341. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”

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

343. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. In the past, whenever I had fallen short in almost any undertaking, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.

344. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

345. The attitude today is the root on which the future grows.

346. "Attitude will always define who we are in life.” ― Mark A. Brennan

347. “The most important thing you’ll ever wear is your attitude.” ~ Jeff Moore

348. Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

349. Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

350. “Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can’t do.” ~ Joyce Meyer

351. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

352. “The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance.” ~ Robert Greene

353. “Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words.”

354. “When you take control of your attitude, you take control of your life.”

355. “Building a positive attitude begins with having confidence in yourself.” —Roger Fritz

356. "What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.” – Lucille Clifton

357. “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking.” —Zig Ziglar

358. “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” ~ Harold S. Geneen

359. "Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray

360. I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude.

361. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” ~ Zig Ziglar

362. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller

363. Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

364. “Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” —Mary Lou Retton

365. "We lost because we told ourselves we lost.” – Leo Tolstoy

366. "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ― Winston S. Churchill

367. “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”

368. "The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self-confidence and good humor.” ― Charles Dickens

369. There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

370. Attitude will always define who we are in life.

371. "If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

372. “The only place where your dreams become impossible is in your own thinking,”~ Robert H Shuller

373. “Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man’s attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.” ~ Robert Kiyosaki

374. “There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.”

375. "Every wall is a door.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

376. If we choose a positive, loving attitude that honors all life and embrace the changes as much as possible, things won’t be quite as difficult.

377. “There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.” ~ Napoleon Hill

378. “You always pass failure on the way to success.” —Mickey Rooney

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

380. "Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.” ― Earl Nightingale

381. “If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and every day you have the opportunity to write a new page. ~ Mark Houlahan

382. Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.

383. Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.

384. "Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

385. “The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.” ~ Arthur Ashe

386. "Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” ― Ralph Marston

387. "Attitude determines the altitude of life.” ― Edwin Louis Cole

388. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou

389. “I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” —Charles F. Glassman

390. “Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.” – Chinese Proverb

391. “Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.”~ Matt Cameron

392. “Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” ~ Lou Holtz

393. “I am a part of all that I have met.”

394. “You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” —Dr. Seuss

395. “The greatest discovery of all the time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” ~ Marie Osmond

396. You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

397. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus

398. "Change your attitude and change your perspective.” — Tammy Bennett

399. Your attitude towards life influences your happiness, not what happens to you.

400. "Attitude is the difference maker! Attitude isn’t everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference in your life.” — John C. Maxwell