Attitude
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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help with man with the wrong mental attitude. - W.W. Ziege

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. - Louis Kossuth

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but is has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. - Helen Keller

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. - William James

Obstinacy in opinions holds the dogmatist in the chains of error, without the hope of emancipation. - John C. Granville

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Thou must be like a promontory of the sea, against which, though the waves beat continually, yet it both itself stands, and about it are those swelling waves stilled and quieted. - Marcus Aurelius

Without haste, but without rest. - Goethe

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. - Daniel H. Burnham

The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting. - Christopher Morley

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. - John F. Kennedy

You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways: if you let if consume you, you come out a cinder; but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed, and comes out a star. - Jean Church

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. - Abraham Lincoln

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. - Abraham Maslow

If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear; For, if you will persevere, You will conquer; never fear; Try, try again. - McGuffey's Second Reader

You must not only aim aright, but draw the bow with all your might.  - Henry David Thoreau

Don't spend your precious time asking 'Why isn't the world a better place?' It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is 'How can I make it better?' To that there is an answer.  - Leo F. Buscaglia

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.  - Ayn Rand

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars.  - Jill McLemore

We are new every day.  - Irene Claremont de Castillego

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves... Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given to you because you will not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. (from "Letters To A Young Poet")  - Rainer Maria Rilke

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Do not think that what your thoughts dwell on does not matter. Your thoughts are making you. - Bishop Steere

Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill.  - Jacob M. Braude

Be Kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. - Philo of Alexandria

Light tomorrow with today.  - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love. (from 'Letters To A Young Poet')  - Rainer Maria Rilke

God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people. - Francois de Fenelon

Throughout the years of your life you will face many challenges, remember that you can climb the highest mountain, drive through the roughest storm, soar across the bluest sky, or even sail across the roughest waters. It is only destined by your attitude where you will end up in life. The most important thing is don't let yourself get lost in the crowd. - Angela Duvall

Perserverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. - Walter Elliott

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. - E. E. Cummings

Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant

The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the man you want to be. Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others. - Wilfred Peterson

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one. Happiness is a journey, not a destination... - Souza

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. - Stonewall Jackson

The people with whom you work reflect your own attitude. If you are suspicious, unfriendly and condescending, you will find these unlovely traits echoed all about you. But if you are on your best behavior, you will bring out the best in the persons with whom you are going to spend most of your working hours. - Beatrice Vincent

A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn’t will find an excuse. - Stephen Dolley Jr.

There is always a choice about the way you do your work, even if there is not a choice about the work itself. - Stephen Lundin

Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come. (Lucy Larcom: 19th century poet and writer) - Lucy Larcom