Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. P. Lovecraft

The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this--whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense of dread, and of contact with unknown spheres and powers; a subtle attitude of awed listening, as if for the beating of black wings or the scratching of outside shapes and entities on the known universe's utmost rim.

Georg Baselitz

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

Gene Kranz

To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

Gary Hamel

Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever possesses the will to suffering within himself has a different attitude towards cruelty: he does not regard it as inherently harmful and bad.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed.

Jerry Bridges

Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives.

Jerry Bridges

Biblical love is not emotions or feelings, but attitudes and actions that seek the best interests of the other person, regardless of how we feel toward him.

Jerry Bridges

Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sin grieve the heart of God. We cannot tolerate failure in our struggle with sin chiefly because we are success oriented, not because we know it is offensive to God.

Jerry Bridges

We all want Grace, but we cannot enjoy Grace when there is an attitude of comparing.

Jerry Bridges

God's Word must be so strongly fixed in our minds that it becomes the dominant influence in our thoughts, our attitudes, and our actions. One of the most effective ways of influencing our minds is through memorizing Scripture. David said, "I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You" (Psm. 119:11).

Jennifer Armintrout

The attitude of, I will never self-publish, coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

Jennie Finch

You can't always control the circumstances - only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.

Franco Harris

When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you.

Franco Harris

Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it - you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

Franco Harris

How you look at a situation is very important, for how you think about a problem may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it -- you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

Ian Mcewan

What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?

Hugh Hefner

I think being connected to younger people helps to keep you young and gives you a young attitude.

If I can give you one step where you move forward, then you'll take the next one and the next one. It's attitude and tenacity and risk-taking and resilience. If you can home in on those traits with people, you can give them hope and guidance. Can you change their lives? Occasionally. Is an hour short? You bet.

If he can keep that attitude and demeanor about him, he'll always be liked and well known for his personality as well as his golf game.

If he's 64, he's 29 inside his body. He's taken care of himself as far of the outside of his body, but inside he's a 30-year-old man. He's got the same attitude and enthusiasm as when I first met him.

I felt very excited to know that here I am training, knowing that I'm healthy. And I was feeling healthy, but you never know what's going on inside your body. I just didn't know what was going on. I was feeling good, but sometimes, because I have a big heart, my attitude is I always feel good. I don't want to go to the hospital for nothing.

Dan Monson

I felt this team was very together today and had a great attitude and approach. I told them the good news is we're only down 10.

Patrick Patterson

I figured the games I didn't play would cost me. My attitude and what I did might have people judge me, but that's not me. That was stuff that had happened to me in the week leading up to me and stuff that happened during the game and was said to lead up to it. It just got to my head and that usually doesn't happen.

I definitely think with the way coach Howland coaches and the guys we have in the program, with their character, attitude and work ethic, we could get here again. Nothing is promised, and we were lucky a few times to get here this time, but we could do it.

I can't stand the 'I don't care' attitude from children, the 'I don't have time' attitude from parents, and the setting of unattainable goals without the proper resources from politicians.

Theophilus London

I can pull off anything; I have the height and the attitude. The only thing I can't wear is a leotard, but I can wear anything else.

I don't take any notice of it. It's probably typical of Port Adelaide's attitude I think.

I don't take a different attitude toward it. I'm not worrying about who I'm pitching against.

I do the best I can. If that's not good enough, then I'll leave. That's always been my attitude.

I don't see any attitude with these players. So far it's wonderful, ... Sometimes a team is not cohesive with its coaches but so far, it's going well. I hope its stays that way the rest of the season.

I don't think attitudes of ballplayers have changed over the years.

I basically have a wait-and-see attitude with some healthy suspicion about this report. Either there is something that all of those other reports are not telling us, or this will get revised.