Inspirational Positive Attitude Quotes

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.

Scipio Africanus

Attitude, Giftedness, Life Is

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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Stephen Covey

Inspirational, Attitude, Freedom

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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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

Inspirational, Change, Happiness

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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.163, Vintage

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I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day

Alice Morse Earle

Inspirational, Positive, Good Morning

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There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

William Bennett

Motivational, Jobs, Attitude

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I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?

Henry Moore

Positive, Attitude, Positivity

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I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Abraham Lincoln

Positive, Wisdom, Attitude

"Wisdom of a forefather" by Colorado State University, February 11, 2009.

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Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.

Katherine Mansfield

Inspirational, Life, Friendship

"Talks with Katherine Mansfield at Fontainebleau" by A. R. Orage, The Century Magazine, November 1924.

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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

Inspirational, Positive, Success

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Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Jon Bon Jovi

Positive, Success, Fall

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

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Earl Nightingale

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Diamond Power : Gems of Wisdom from America's Greatest Marketer" edited by Barry J. Farber, (p. 38), 2003.

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Elbert Hubbard

Motivational, Positive, Gratitude

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Positive, Being Strong

"Attitude : The Power of Positivity". Book by Dr Kenneth Morton, p.56, 2011.

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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Confucius

Inspirational, Positive, Success

As quoted in"Be Free!: Keys to Success and Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life" by Slavica Bogdanov, (p. 45), October 12, 2012.

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

Willie Nelson

Life, Change, Positive

FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Oct 29, 2013

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Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Norman Vincent Peale (1970). “Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence”

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

Patricia Neal

Motivational, Positive, Strong

"Patricia Neal obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2010.

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