“Oftentimes, people with bad attitudes are also antagonistic towards God, His people, and the plan of salvation.”
Source: A Few Choice Words: A Collection of Inspirational and Motivational Discourses
“A bad attitude makes it more difficult to reach our full potential, to strive for greatness, to live productive and purposeful lives.”
Source: A Few Choice Words: A Collection of Inspirational and Motivational Discourses
“Clearly, there is nothing good about having a bad attitude.”
Source: A Few Choice Words: A Collection of Inspirational and Motivational Discourses
“With a bad attitude, there is so much to lose, and little or nothing to gain.”
Source: A Few Choice Words: A Collection of Inspirational and Motivational Discourses
“She'd always perceived the world to be against her. Happiness was never to be trusted. And yet I thought vaguely, neither was sorrow. Didn't each come to season in the other?”
Source: The Book of Madness and Cures
“One must speak for life and growth, amid all this mass of destruction and disintegration.”
Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence: Volume 3, October 1916–June 1921
“There came a time near dawn on the eve of spring, and Luthien danced upon a green hill; and suddenly she began to sing. Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls of the world; and the song of Luthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where he feet had passed. Then the spell of silence fell from Beren, and he called to her, crying Tinuviel; and the woods echoed the name.”
Source: The Silmarillion
“What would you here, unhappy mortal, and for what cause have you left your own land to enter this, which is forbidden to such as you? Can you show reason why my power should not be laid on you in heavy punishment for your insolence and folly?" Then Beren looking up beheld the eyes of Luthien, and his glance went also to the face of Melian; and it seemed to him that words were put into his mouth. Fear left him, and the pride of the eldest house of Men returned to him; and he said: "My fate, O King, led me hither, through perils such as few even of the Elves would dare. And here I have found what I sought not indeed, but finding I would possess for ever. For it is above all gold and silver, and beyond all jewels. Neither rock, nor steel, nor the fires of Morgoth, nor all the powers of the Elf-kingdoms, shall keep from me the treasure that I desire. For Luthien your daughter is the fairest of all the Children of the World." Then silence fell upon the hall...”
Source: The Silmarillion
“This doom she chose, forsaking the Blessed Realm, and putting aside all claim to kinship with those that dwell there; that thus whatever grief might lie in wait, the fates of Beren and Lúthien might be joined, and their paths lead together beyond the confines of the world.”
“Not fitting is it that the Elder Children of Ilúvatar should wed the Younger; nor is it wise, for they are brief, and soon pass, to leave us in widowhood while the world lasts. Neither will fate suffer it, unless it be once or twice only, for some high cause of doom that we do not perceive. But this man is not Beren, even if he be both as fair and as brave. A doom lies on him; a dark doom. Enter not into it! And if you will, your love shall betray you to bitterness and death.”
Source: The Children of Húrin