“Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.” PeopleFirstsWaitingAttitudeNiceFrontsColdHeatFuelBeing NiceStoves Author:Earl Nightingale
“When you focus upon lack in an attitude of complaining, you establish a vibrational point of attraction that then gives you access only to more thoughts of complaint. Your deliberate effort to tell a new story will establish a new pattern of thought, providing you with a new point of attraction from your present, about your past, and into your future. The simple effort of looking for positive aspects will set a new vibrational tone that will begin the immediate attraction of thoughts, people, circumstances, and things that are pleasing to you.” PeopleGivingStoriesPastSimpleEffortAttitudeFocusCircumstancesAspectPatternsAttractionAccessComplainingToneOur FutureProvidingComplaintsOur PastDeliberateYour FutureYour Past Author:Esther Hicks
“When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.” PeopleKnowsDifferencesAttitudeConflictFactorsOur Relationship Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I don't let negative attitudes and meanness from other people keep me from living my life.” PeopleAttitudeNegativeLiving My LifeMeannessNegative Attitude Author:Ruby Gettinger
“It's an attitude of superiority. We are superior to the rest of life. The Book of Genesis says: 'Increase and multiply and have dominion over the birds of the air and the animals and so forth.' You run it; it's yours; do what you like with it. I don't know how old that text is, but it represents an attitude that probably really got going with the beginning of agriculture. Before that, the hunter-gatherers were gentler people than the agriculture.” PeopleKnowsBookRunningAnimalAttitudeKnow HowAirBirdIncreaseSuperiorsAgricultureSuperiorityHuntersDominionGenesisRest Of LifeHunter GatherersBook Of Genesis Author:W. S. Merwin
“A lot of "successful" people are tragedies, because what they've accomplished aren't the things they wanted. Intentionally create the question "how" instead of accidentally relenting to the question of "should." If I'm not intentionally choosing a good attitude, I'm almost always unintentionally choosing a negative one.” PeopleIfsShouldWantedAttitudeSuccessfulNegativeTragedyAccomplishedSuccessful PeopleGood Attitude Author:Rory Vaden
“Success is always an easier motivator, because you want more of it. But I've also been motivated by failure. Had I medaled in London, I don't think I would be one of the few that have gone to a Summer and Winter. I would have been content with that medal. Instead, I used that failure to go to the Winter Olympics. I always tell people that failure can be one of your biggest motivators if you just have an attitude adjustment about it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHas BeensWould BeUsedAttitudeGoneEasierSummerWinterLondonMotivatedOlympicsMedalAdjustmentSummer And WinterAttitude AdjustmentWinter Olympics Author:Lolo Jones
“The gestures and the swagger and the attitude of black men is imitated everywhere in American culture, but people still find black men intolerable.” PeopleMenStillsCultureBlackAttitudeGesturesAmerican CultureSwagger Author:Jess Row
“I used to think, "I can't go to these meetings because they'll make me believe in God. Make me go to church." I knew it wasn't right for me before I ever tried it. I was suspicious of anything outside my realm of experience. That same kind of attitude carries over into 12-step programs, because they are programs. There's this feeling that you don't need this bullshit, you can quit on your own. People that don't know anything about it seem to have a better idea. They haven't even been.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsBelieveKindI CanIdeasFeelingsSeemsUsedChurchAttitudeStepsHavensProgramMeetingsQuittingRealmsCarrieBelieve In GodBullshitSuspicious12 Step Author:Bucky Sinister
“I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life, I love the food, I love the people, I love the attitudes of Italians.” PeopleWayAttitudeIncrediblesItalian Author:Elton John
“I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I fall into that too! I learned that in graduate school. You just talk about your music in a specific way, and that separates people from you. But some composers like that. Schoenberg liked that. He wanted to feel that he was making music for an elite few. That's fine for him, but I want to set myself free from that sort of attitude.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsWantedSchoolFallAttitudeTalkingFineGraduatesComposerElitesGraduate SchoolSchoenberg Author:Missy Mazzoli
“I did a lot of work with early 20th century attitudes, the kind of superficial notions and behavior that prompt people who don't know history very well to think that "people were different back then" - but beneath all that are characters who react in ways that we can all recognize, and will always be able to recognize.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWellsKindDifferentCharacterAbleAttitudeCenturyBehaviorNotionSuperficial20th CenturyPrompts Author:James Vance
“Younger people - not just older people - holding this basic underlying attitude that's suggested there that women aren't worth much, that they're property, that just about anything can be done with them.” PeopleDoneAttitudePropertyOlder People Author:Steve Inskeep
“The people that have looked out for me and helped to steer me in the right direction, I just can't thank them enough. So, the drive, a lot of times it just comes down to looking around at the people who love and believe in you and realizing that you owe it to them. Even if I have a bad attitude on a certain occasion, I owe it to all these people around me to just come out and drive, push, and try to make this thing the best that I can” PeopleIfsTryingBelieveI CanEnoughCertainRealizingAttitudeOccasionsBelieve In YouSteersRight DirectionBad Attitude Author:Cody Johnson
“If we are going to live in a society, there has to be an attitude where people really do care for others.” PeopleIfsCareAttitude Author:Sakyong Mipham
“If you rise with a positive attitude - because everything is possible, everything is doable - if you have that level of confidence, you exude it. It actually inspires the people around you.” PeopleIfsLevelsAttitudeInspirePositive Attitude Author:Sakyong Mipham
“I know plenty of hyper-intelligent metal people, but at the same time, there's this dumbass, hardheaded, macho attitude associated with it. For younger people, it's like a succubus.” PeopleKnowsAttitudeIntelligentPlentyMetalsHyperMachoSuccubusDumbasses Author:Blake Judd
“Pop music is great, but there's a lot of BS about the attitude of guys being super-gangster - that's why the whole thing is silly. It's making fun of itself. That self-awareness is why people enjoy it. It's refreshing.” PeopleSelfWholeGuyFunEnjoyAttitudeAwarenessMusic IsSelf AwarenessPopsSillyPop MusicGangstersRefreshing Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“My personal attitude is this: I will stand for revival, unity and prayer; I will labor to restore healing and reconciliation between God's people. Yet, if all God truly wanted was to raise up one fully yielded son--a son who would refuse to be offended, refuse to react, refuse to harbor unforgiveness regardless of those who slander and persecute--I have determined to be that person. My primary goal in all things is not revival, but to bring pleasure to Christ.” PeopleIfsPersonsWantedGoalChristPrayerPleasureHealingAttitudeSonLaborAll ThingsRaisesUnityRefuseDeterminedPrimariesOffendedReconciliationRevivalHarborsSlanderRaise Up Author:Francis Frangipane
“We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not about egotism, greed, or competition. This means that we prefer to work with people and bands that have a similar sort of mentality and attitude.” PeopleMeanCareAttitudeDemocracyCompetitionGreedCollaborationCooperationMentalitySolidarityEgotism Author:G.W. Sok
“To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless meaning in this, and also endless function.” PeopleAttitudeBearsFunctionEndlessDeceptionInsultTaoism Author:Zicheng Hong
“When greedy people are given gold, they are bitter that they haven't gotten jewels; when they are made barons they are resentful that they haven't been made lords. Though powerful and rich, their attitude is that of beggars. For those who know how to be content, simple fare is more delicious than rich delicacies, a cloth coat is warmer than fox fur, and an ordinary citizen does not defer to a king or a lord.” PeopleKnowsDoeMadeGivenSimplePowerfulAttitudeLordKnow HowRichHavensKingsCitizensOrdinaryGoldBitterTaoismFoxesCoatsGreedyDeliciousJewelsBeggarFurDelicacyResentfulOrdinary CitizensGreedy People Author:Zicheng Hong
“I think people are attracted to The Huffington Post's blend of up-to-the-second news and thoughtful opinion, delivered with an attitude. Plus, I think they enjoy that we cover so many different things - from politics and entertainment to style and satire. There is always something interesting to read and think about - and even to laugh at.” PeopleThinkingDifferentEnjoyInterestingAttitudeOpinionLaughingStyleNewsEntertainmentPostsThoughtfulDifferent ThingsSatirePlusSomething Interesting Author:Arianna Huffington
“Well, in fact if you look at the Trump voters, you take a look at their attitudes it's not all that different. In some respects they're similar. They're an older version of the Sanders people. So a lot of it is racist and you have that sort of thing, but if you look at their views on say health, education, and so on, it's kind of the same as Sanders.” PeopleIfsWellsLooksKindDifferentFactsViewsAttitudeTrumpVersionsRacistVotersHealth Education Author:Noam Chomsky
“The UK had plenty of people in their country just like we have here who had the same attitudes about immigration that you find on the American left and the Democrat Party here. That the Brits, because of colonialism and because the British Empire had been so unfair to people all over the world it was time to pay the price. And you had liberals who thought that all of this was making a grand diverse society and population which would improve things in the UK.” PeopleWorldCountryLeftPartyPayAttitudeDemocratPopulationBritishImmigrationPlentyEmpiresDiverseColonialismUnfairPay The PriceBritish EmpireBritsDiverse Society Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My character was a homogenization of various things, whether it be the attitude of a Bruiser Brody, or the look of Nikita Koloff or the way that Nikita looked at the people. I took a little bit of what I liked and what I had seen throughout the years from everybody that I was entertained by and made it my own.” PeopleWayYearsLooksLittlesMadeCharacterBitsMy OwnAttitudeLittle BitVariousMade It Author:Bill Goldberg
“People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.” PeopleThinkingIdeasSocialLinesAttitudeProgressiveDon't ChangeStraight LinesBacklash Author:Erica Jong
“As someone who was gay bashed as a kid, I learned firsthand how a lot of people only feel good about themselves when they sense that someone or something is on a lower rung than they are. This inferiority complex drives racism and sexism as well as outdated attitudes about animals.” PeopleFeelsWellsKidsAnimalAttitudeGayRacismComplexesFeel GoodSexismInferiorityOutdatedInferiority Complex Author:Dan Mathews
“Attitudes toward gays have shifted much like they have for animals. People have a hard time relating to those who are different and often strike out against them in ignorance. But society is really starting to wise up at last as more enlightened generations emerge.” PeopleDifferentHardLastsAnimalAttitudeWiseGenerationsIgnoranceGayStartingStrikesHard TimesEnlightened Author:Dan Mathews
“I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.” PeopleHardDesireGoalAttitudeMillionsSharePositiveHard WorkOptimismOptimisticPositive AttitudeTouchedOptimistSetting GoalsPersevereKeep A Positive AttitudeMotivational WorkOptimism And Hope Author:Michael Jordan
“The attitude of the Pakistani people is very good. Whenever I release any statement or deliver any kind of speech, they respond favourably.” PeopleKindAttitudeSpeechVery GoodStatementsRelease Author:Abdul Sattar Edhi
“There are cultures that produce different kinds of attitudes, whether it's religion, fatalism, sense of fear, repression, the culture of God and the police minimizes confidence in people.” PeopleKindDifferentCultureAttitudeProducePoliceDifferent KindsRepressionFatalism Author:Vijay Prashad
“I'm a positive person. I just want to chill, have fun and be productive. And just hope that through Hip-Hop and different vessels and vehicles we can change people's attitudes.” PeopleWantPersonsDifferentFunAttitudeHip HopHipsHaving FunProductiveHopsVehicleChillVesselPositive Person Author:Asher Roth
“I hate the whole group of artists who are so hermetic and completely indecipherable on some level and they're all proud of themselves for it. It's like, how obnoxious, how pretentious. And that's part of my mission as an artist is to kick down those people or make fun of that type of high horse attitude.” PeopleWholeArtistHateFunLevelsAttitudeGroupsTypeProudI HateHorseMissionsKicksPretentiousObnoxious Author:Wayne White
“I tell a person, "If I could go home with you tomorrow and you and I could spend the day together from maybe 8:00 to 6:00, and we went out to a restaurant at 6:30, I could tell you with a high degree of accuracy how successful you're going to be." That's huge because I'm just going to look and see, what kind of attitude do you have, how do you relate to people, how well do you prioritize your life? I'm going to see all of those things in the process of a day.” PeopleIfsWellsLooksKindPersonsHomeTogetherProcessAttitudeSuccessfulHugeTomorrowDegreesRelateRestaurantsIf I CouldAccuracyPrioritize Author:John C. Maxwell
“When you finish reading the book [Today Matters], take the daily dozen and list them in order of how well you do them. For example, the one that I would put at the highest for me is attitude or relationships because I'm really strong at both of those. At the bottom would be health. What I tell people is, "Take one month and work on one of the daily dozen for a whole year." And so it's really a one-year personal growth plan.” PeopleYearsWellsBookMatterWholeWould BeTodayOrderReadingStrongGrowthAttitudePlansExampleMonthsHighestPersonal GrowthBottomListsDozenWhole Year Author:John C. Maxwell
“The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work.” PeopleAttitudeResponseSurprisingIntegrating Author:David Kim
“I think the Democrat attitude is, "You know, we've toyed with you people for all these years, and we've been faking you out. We've been making it look like we want you in our club, but we really don't. We don't want... You're nothing but a bunch of foils, and we don't need you anymore, and we're just gonna wipe you out".” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsYearsLooksAttitudeDemocratClubsBunchNeed YouWipeFoilsDon't Need You Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” PeopleInspirationalWisdomHappinessBeliefAttitudePositivePositive ThinkingFlowerGratitudeRoseAppreciationPositive AttitudeThank YouThankfulBeing ThankfulThornsSaying Thank YouThankful GratitudePositive Thinking And AttitudeExpressing GratitudeBest AttitudeThank You GratitudeI Am ThankfulThankful For YouExpress AppreciationWords Of GratitudeHaving A Positive AttitudeThank You AppreciationGrumblingGratitude For WorkWork AppreciationThankful For What You HaveAlways Be Thankful Author:Alphonse Karr
“I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.” PeopleThinkingCultureAttitudeIdentityCivilizationRadicalFundamentalism Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt.” PeopleFeelsHurtAttitudeMinesIndiaStomach Author:Indira Gandhi
“The Western press has always insisted that India was Pakistan's enemy and vice versa, that the Hindus were against the Muslims and vice versa. They've never said, for instance, that my party has been fighting this attitude ever since we have maintained that religious hostilities are wrong and absurd, that minorities cannot be eliminated from a country, that people of different religions must live together.” PeopleHas BeensSaidDifferentCountryTogetherFightingReligiousPartyAttitudeEnemyIndiaPressesWesternVicesAbsurdInstanceMinoritiesPakistanHostilityVice VersaDifferent Religions Author:Indira Gandhi
“That's a very privileged attitude and I think the ignorance is so strong there. When people say, "Oh please, I don't want to hear that conversation," it's because it makes them uncomfortable." But that's because they think it's all okay. If it was racist, I would move onto someone whose mind I could change, but it's mostly ignorance. So when someone says, "Oh, it doesn't matter," I not only make designers responsible but casting directors and modeling agencies for not pushing those other girls on to the designers.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMindMatterMovingGirlStrongAttitudeIgnorancePleaseDirectorsConversationOkayResponsibleUncomfortableAgencyDesignerRacistPushingPrivilegedCastingModelingOther GirlCasting Directors Author:Bethann Hardison
“I guess I'm drawn to stories of people whose physicality puts them on the outside of things in order to explore the ways in which an identity is formed around these prevailing attitudes.” PeopleWayStoriesOrderAttitudeIdentityPrevailingPhysicality Author:Marisa Silver
“Culturally, it's very hard to change people's attitudes about public space.” PeopleHardSpaceAttitude Author:Bette Midler
“Since the white people collectively have practiced the worst form of hatred against Negroes in America and they know that they are guilty of it, now when The Honorable Elijah Muhammad comes along and begins to list the historic deed - the historic attitude, the historic behavior of the white man in this country toward the black people in this country, again, the white people are so guilty and they can't stop doing these things to make Mr. Muhammad appear to be wrong, so they hide their wrong by saying "he is teaching hatred."” PeopleKnowsMenCountryAmericaFormBlackWhiteAttitudeTeachingWorstBehaviorHatredDeedsListsGuiltyBlack PeopleHonorableWhite ManHistoricMuhammadTry AgainElijahElijah MuhammadHonorable Elijah Muhammad Author:Malcolm X
“For example, when someone does something really, really good one time but has a little mishap later, people will still say, "Ah, that person is not like that. He's a good person. Don't you know what he did last time?" It will become like that. Once you have achieved perfection, the rest will be "free". After that, you can do whatever you want so in order to reach my 100 potential, I have to have a resilient attitude.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesPersonsDoeStillsLastsOrderCan DoAttitudeExamplePerfectionOne TimeLast TimeGood PersonResilientDo Whatever You WantMishaps Author:Seungri
“I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.” PeopleMenPlayAttitudeParticularOddEccentricOdd Man Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I think that what's actually happening is the collapse of the Center - the centrist semi-coalitions, mildly social-democrat, mildly conservative, that have been running the countries for years. They are severely declining. You can see it in voting; you can see it also in popular attitudes: contempt for what are called "the élites," the experts, the people in charge.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensCountryRunningSocialAttitudeHappeningsDemocratConservativeExpertsVotingContemptCollapseCoalitions Author:Noam Chomsky
“Part of what makes me most optimistic is if you look at the attitudes of young people. Across the board, young people are much more comfortable with respecting differences. They are much more comfortable with diversity.” PeopleIfsLooksYoungDifferencesAttitudeComfortableDiversityOptimisticBoards Author:Barack Obama