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.
Calvin CoolidgeTags: attributed-no-source persistence determination attitude
I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in my way...I'm in a bad mood and the whole stupid little world is gonna pay!
John WatersTags: inspirational attitude negative
Every little trifle, for some reason, does seem incalculably important today, and when you say of a thing that 'nothing hangs on it,' it sounds like blasphemy. There's never any knowing—(how am I to put it?)—which of our actions, which of our idlenesses won't have things hanging on it for ever.
E.M. ForsterTags: attitude consequences idleness
The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.
Eudora WeltyLook on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
Tom StoppardTags: opportunities transition attitude chances doors entrance exit passage
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.
Dale CarnegieTags: life inspirational happiness contentment attitude
I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.
Lisa AltherTags: intelligence attitude
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tags: imagination life choice inspiration action attitude pretend
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.
Marcus AureliusTags: pain attitude distress mind-over-body stoicism
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Martha WashingtonTags: happiness contentment attitude circumstances
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