35 Positive Attitude Quotes To Start The Day
Napoleon Hill was a prolific author, best known for his 1937 book Think and Grow Rich. The book is a compilation of Hill’s advice to his readers on how to achieve success in their business and personal lives.
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In the introduction of the book, Hill established what would later become known as positive mental attitude- the idea that if someone has a positive attitude, they will be more successful than people with a negative.
Here are some 35 positive attitude quotes to start the day. Let me know your best quote in the comment section below.
- “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.” – Michael Jordan
- “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl
- “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Keeping one’s attitude positive, especially when the world conspires to make us mad, is one of the great accomplishments of life.” – Brendon Burchard
- “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
- “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” – Khalil Gibran
- “Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” – Colin Powell
- “Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.” – Joe Biden
- “Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” – Albert Einstein
- “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill
- “Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude.” – Ralph Marston
- “Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.” – Robert Braathe
- “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
- “You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
- “Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.” – Robert Greene
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” – James Allen
- “Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.” – John C. Maxwell
- “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.” – Wayne Dyer
- “Attitudes are more important than facts.” – George MacDonald
- “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” Roy T. Bennett
- “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” – William James
- “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. – Norman Vincent Peale
- “Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. – Norman Vincent Peale
- “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up. – John C. Maxwell
- “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. – Benjamin Disraeli
- “I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. – Colin Powell
- “You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. – Zig Ziglar
- “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy or strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler
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