Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Hoffer

To change everything, simply change your attitude.

Eric Hoffer

The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.

Eric Hoffer

Every extreme attitude is a fight from the self.

Eric Hoffer

Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.

Eric Hoffer

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Emmylou Harris

Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.

Emmitt Smith

Your attitude determines your aptitude!

Emmet Fox

You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.

James F. Cooper

Chingachgook grasped the hand that, in the warmth of feeling, the scout had stretched across the fresh earth, and in that attitude of friendship these intrepid woodsmen bowed their heads together, while scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas like drops of falling rain.

James Franco

I get to work with incredibly talented young filmmakers and students, and their attitudes and relationship with film is still so pure. That re-inspires me and reminds me why I got into it and what I love about film, and allows me a little reprieve from the business side of it. And it rekindles my love of film.

James Allen

If you would perfect your body, guard your mind.

James Allen

Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.

Jake Busey

I'm looking at everything with a clear eye and an attitude of acceptance rather than skepticism. I realized, this isn't a career - this is my life. This is what I do. It doesn't matter what the size of the role is. It matter that you're enjoying yourself. And I'm loving it.

Jacques Monod

The scientific attitude implies the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan; that there is no intention in the universe.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

George Foreman

Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.

Jon Fishman

I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didn't go to play, he went to conquer.

Johnny Thunders

The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude.

Johnny Thunders

Rock and Roll is simply an attitude. You don't have to play the greatest guitar.

Johnny Carson

I loved the towns I grew up in as a boy, and after I became a celebrity, I went back several times. I would have had the time of my life seeing the old places and the old faces again, but the attitude of those same people was, "I guess you're so big we bore you now."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

My attitude towards him is an attitude towards a soul. I am not of the opinion that he has a soul. . . .

Ludwig Wittgenstein

If life becomes hard to bear we think of a change in our circumstances. But the most important and effective change, a change in our own attitude, hardly even occurs to us, and the resolution to take such a step is very difficult for us.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

I think I summed up my attitude to philosophy when I said: philosophy ought really to be written only as a poetic composition.

Jim Valvano

Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.

John Churton Collins

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

John Brunner

I just haven't been conditioned into thinking that the right answer can't be a simple one. When I told you you'd been contaminated I meant by that attitude, which is wider-spread than the common cold and just as undermining. Did nobody ever point out to you that the only liberty implied by free will is the opportunity to be wrong?

John Bradshaw

Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.

M. Russell Ballard

When we learn to expect more success than failure in life, we soon will develop an attitude of success.

M. Russell Ballard

When it comes right down to it, people are quite similar. We may come from different backgrounds, cultures, and economic circumstances, and our attitudes and perspectives may vary. But in the heart-where it really counts-we're a lot alike.

You could tell he was frustrated. It never stopped him from working hard, blocking shots, talking out on the ice, leading by example for the younger guys. He kept a positive attitude and was actually making light of it for a while, but I'm glad he loosened up, and I'm glad to see he's broken the slump.

You could tell everyone was really excited and ready to play. We had the attitude to go out and play our best game.

You could see it in our guys' attitudes today that they were going to come out and play well. To get a big emotional win really helps. I think our guys have grown up a bit.

You can't go 13-for-24 and win games in March. We had the right plan. If you step to the free-throw line and hit the throws, you have a whole different attitude out there.