“Psychic development makes you strong. It develops a common sense attitude in which you don't expose yourself to forces, people and situations that would drain you.” PeopleInspirationalStrongForceCommonAttitudeSituationBuddhismDevelopmentCommon SensePsychicsDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“Peer pressure is not a monolithic force that presses adolescents into the same mold. . . . Adolescents generally choose friend whose values, attitudes, tastes, and families are similar to their own. In short, good kids rarely go bad because of their friends.” KidsValuesForceAttitudeTastePressurePressesPeersMoldPeer Pressure Book:You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 Source: You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25
“What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is far more at home in a society that weighs his every word and keeps close watch on his attitudes then in a society that cares not what he says or does. He would rather be persecuted than ignored.” DoeHomeCareForceAttitudeWatchesTakenSocietyIntellectualTreatedIgnoredCravePersecuted Author:Eric Hoffer
“In most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character - or all three. Therefore, the mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them.” ThinkingLifeMindDoeCharacterBodyActionThreeForceBehindsAttitudeGreatnessPersonalityDrivingMoodInstancePilotsDriving Force Author:Walt Disney
“The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation's development. A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success. Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.” NeedsLittlesSpiritValuesOrderCoursesForceNationsProcessBornChanceViewsAttitudeConditionsPolicyMaterialsRevolutionDevelopmentShapesIntellectualAimInstitutionsConstantThreatConvictionImprovementGenuineReformOfficialsNeed A ChangeMental AttitudeRegenerationIniquityPosingQuintessential Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Since when do we let the government decide what is or isn't good for us? What the hell does Congress know about nutrition, anyway?... If the government can use force whenever something is "in our best interest" then government should force everyone to wake up at 6am every morning for calisthenics in the front yard. Fast food establishments should be torn down and replaced with bars that serve carrot juice and alfalfa sprouts, since - "it's in your best interest." This paternalistic attitude that "the government knows best" and that you are merely a helpless child is insulting and reprehensible.” IfsKnowsShouldChildrenDoeUseGovernmentForceInterestAttitudeMorningHellFrontsWake UpDown AndCongressBarsEstablishmentNutritionEvery MorningReplacedHelplessYardsTornJuiceInsultingFast FoodCarrotsSproutsCalisthenics Author:Michael Badnarik
“There can be no doubt ... of our dependence upon forces beyond our control. Primitive man was so impotent in the face of these forces that g , especially in an unfavorable natural environment, fear became a dominant attitude, and, as the old saying goes, fear created gods.” MenFacesForceNaturalAttitudeDoubtEnvironmentAtheismPositive AtheismNo DoubtPrimitiveDominantDependenceNatural EnvironmentOld SayingPrimitive Man Author:John Dewey
“Fortunately, there are old terrors and powers that religion no longer can exercise so effectively as it did only a few score years ago. But the atmosphere and the attitude of bigotry remain. If religion cannot ordinarily invoke the armed force of law to punish heretics, it still plays upon the psychology of fear and predominantly its influence is to frighten men and distort their views and poison every process of their reasoning.” IfsMenYearsStillsPlayLawForceProcessViewsAttitudePsychologyAtheismInfluenceExerciseYears AgoTerrorAtmospherePoisonReasoningScoreBigotryHereticArmed ForcesInvoke Author:E. Haldeman-Julius
“Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and to be truly vile about gay people. They invent this idea of people who are politically correct, with a rigid, monstrous attitude to life so they can attack. But we have all had to learn to modify our language. That's all part of being a decent human being.” PeopleWayHumansIdeasHardPoliticalLanguageForceHuman BeingsAttitudeGayConceptsTreatsDecentRacistMonstrousPolitical CorrectnessGay PeopleCorrectnessPolitically CorrectDegrading Author:Clare Short
“The age-long history of thinking on gravitation, too, was erased from the collective consciousness, and that force somehow became the serendipitous child of Newton's genius. The new attitude is well illustrated by the anecdote of the apple, a legend spread by Voltaire, one of the most active and vehement erasers of the past. ... The need to build the myth of an ex nihilo creation of modern science gave rise to much impassioned rhetoric.” ThinkingNeedsWellsChildrenLongAgePastForceConsciousnessAttitudeModernCreationGeniusSpreadActiveMythApplesCollectivesLegendsRhetoricExesNewtonModern ScienceAnecdotesGravitationCollective ConsciousnessErasersImpassionedVehementNew Attitude Author:Lucio Russo
“Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.” PeopleWritingLittlesHelpingStoriesBeliefForceGrowsCausesAttitudeResearchAddHelp Me Author:Octavia Butler
“We need to make sure our activities and our attitudes line up with what pleases God first and foremost. Wherever we focus our attention the most will become the driving force in our lives.” NeedsFirstsForceLinesAttentionAttitudeFocusOur LivesPleaseActivityDrivingDriving ForceGod First Author:Lysa TerKeurst
“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” IfsInspirationalMaySeemsMotivationalRememberHappinessForceGrowsAttitudeTroubleCircumstancesExperienceAdversityHappyPositive AttitudeWithin YouVigorousAdverseLatentOptimism In LifeAdversity In LifeCool AttitudeMany Hands Author:John Heywood
“Obama recently warned some college graduates against being all worried about government tyranny, and Obama has good reason to warn you against that because worrying about government tyranny is the exact sort of thing that will get you audited. Or, when Obamacare is in full force, it will be the attitude that gets you denied life saving health care. So have faith in government. Or it will get you.” ReasonGovernmentCareForceAttitudeWorryCollegeTyrannySavingHealth CareWorriedHave FaithDeniedGraduatesObamacareYou AgainCollege GraduatesLife SavingGovernment Tyranny Author:Frank J. Fleming
“One way to think about what psychedelics are is as catalysts for language development. They literally force the evolution of language. You cannot evolve faster than your language because the language defines the culture of meaning. So if there's a way to accelerate the evolution of language then this is real consciousness expansion and it's a permanent thing. The great legacies of the 60's are in attitudes and language. It boils down to doing your own thing, feeling the vibe, ego-trip, blowing your mind.” IfsThinkingWayMindRealFeelingsCultureLanguageForceConsciousnessAttitudeDevelopmentEvolutionEgoOne WayFasterLegacyEvolvePermanentExpansionCatalystAccelerateEgo TripDoing Your Own ThingPermanent ThingsLanguage DevelopmentEvolution Of Language Author:Terence McKenna
“We have a problem with drugs? Let's declare war on drugs! We have a problem with crime? Let's declare war on crime! We have a problem with violence? Let's declare war on violence! The deeply ingrained American attitude that we can solve any problem w/enough force creates, feeds, & rewards the epidemic of violence we are currently experiencing.” WarEnoughProblemForceAttitudeViolenceCrimeDrugRewardsSolveEpidemicsWar On Drugs Author:Peter McWilliams
“This kind of totalization of security consciousness [after tragedy of 9/11] has the effect within classrooms (and beyond) of constraining the imagination and reinforcing attitudes that privilege the forces of law and order as against the crosscurrents of freedom and dissent.” KindLawOrderForceImaginationConsciousnessAttitudeEffectsSecurityTragedyPrivilegeClassroomDissentLaw And Order Author:Richard A. Falk
“When I was a very young student I loved and admired the work of Sam Beckett, who is famously pessimistic, and whose writing is an extraordinary examination of emptiness. I wanted to be like Beckett. I don't have the same attitude toward the world, I'm naturally optimistic, and so of course I could never be like Beckett. You can't force yourself to become like someone you admire.” WorldWritingWantedYoungCoursesForceAttitudeStudentsExtraordinaryAdmireOptimisticEmptinessExaminationPessimisticBeckettYoung Students Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“In general, the attitude towards Nazi Germany was not that hostile, especially if you look at the U.S. State Department reports. In 1937 the State Department was describing Adolf Hitler as a "moderate" who was holding off the forces of the right and the left.” IfsLooksStatesLeftForceAttitudeGermanyDepartmentReportsNaziHostileModeratesDescribingNazi Germany Author:Noam Chomsky
“In order, in order to enforce you can't force people to act right toward each other. You can't force, you cannot legislate heart, conditions and attitudes.” PeopleHeartOrderForceAttitudeConditions Author:Malcolm X
“In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the government - is coming to rob you of your hard-earned money. That's the general attitude, and it's a tremendous victory for the opponents of democracy, and, of course, any privileged sector is going to hate democracy. You can see it in the healthcare debate.” HardStatesGovernmentHateCoursesForceUnitedPayAttitudeUnited StatesDemocracyVictoryTaxesDebateAliensOpponentsMourningHealthcarePrivileged Author:Noam Chomsky
“A man of 25 has before him some 100,000 working hours should he retire at 65. How many of your working hours will be alive with the magnificent force of positive mental attitude? And how many of them will have the life knocked out of them with the stunning blows of negative mental attitude?” MenShouldForceHoursAttitudeAliveNegativeBlowRetiringMagnificentStunningMental AttitudePositive Mental Attitude Author:W. Clement Stone
“Your mind is your invisible talisman. The letters PMA (positive mental attitude) are emblazoned on one side, and NMA (negative mental attitude) on the other. These are powerful forces.” MindForceSidesPowerfulAttitudeNegativeLettersInvisibleMental AttitudePositive Mental AttitudeTalismans Author:W. Clement Stone
“In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility - and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism.” IfsYearsUseMovingForceSocialPowerfulAttitudeResponsibilityCompanyPracticeGreaterInfluenceMediaCapitalismToolsSocial MediaConsumersSocial Responsibility Author:Simon Mainwaring