Quotes about Attitude

“I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.”

“Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is an attitude - even an aptitude.”

“Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.”

“You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.”

“For me, music is all about emotion and attitude.”

“I think that when we know that we actually do live in uncertainty, then we ought to admit it; it is of great value to realize that we do not know the answers to different questions. This attitude of mind - this attitude of uncertainty - is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire.”

“It's not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of the food manufacturers. What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort... to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.”

“If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.”

“I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.”

“What is worthy or unworthy on the Sabbath day will have to be judged by each of us by trying to be honest with the Lord. On the Sabbath day, we should do what we have to do and what we ought to do in an attitude of worshipfulness and then limit our other activities.”

“There is no magic formula to success. It is down to hard work and graft on the training ground and having a good attitude.”

“I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.”

“Adrian Clayborn is somebody that relentlessly brings that attitude, energy, and toughness.”

“I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin enough.”

“Even if people do wrong, we're social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are 'bad' or 'evil' is just an unwillingness to engage; an unwillingness to try to empathise. That sanctimonious attitude doesn't help anyone.”

“I have a very positive attitude to anyone who is protecting the environment, but it's inadmissible when people are using it as a means of promoting themselves, using it as a source of self-enrichment. I don't want to name any specific examples... but often, environmentalism is used to blackmail companies.”

“Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.”

“In reality, relationships that are successful tend to take the attitude, 'How can I help you?' 'How can I enrich your life?' 'How can I be a better husband to you,' if it's a marriage.”

“If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”

“A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.”

“I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.”