You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. ~Tom Wilson, Ziggy
The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
~ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan
While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. ~ Bo Bennett, "Year to Success"
In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.
~ Albert Camus
The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers. ~ Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. ~ Washington Irving
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~ Mary Engelbreit
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~ Lou Holtz
Every exit is an entry somewhere.
~ Tom Stoppard
Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching? ~ Anonymous
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
~ Helen Keller
Our judgments judge us; and nothing reveals us [or] exposes our weaknesses more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. ~ Paul Valery
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. ~ John N. Mitchell
Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.
~ Author Unknown
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Instruction Book