“There was a sargeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it was a desk because it's always a desk. There's always...

“At the most one could say that his chi or... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very...

“Why should we think upon things that are lovely Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not...

Poverty is not a circumstance, it's an attitude

“Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of...

While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.”

“As so many commitments&lt;br /&gt;<br /> demand your time&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Or your shut-eye important be,&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Your...

“Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their...

“Every day, you get the opportunity to change your life. Change what you do not want. Change what makes you unhappy.”

“Self-affirm—build yourself up with honest and genuine praise.”

“Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself.”

“H is for Habit, winners make a habit of doing the things losers don't want to do.

“He had a come-and-get-me-baby-I'm-pure-trouble-and-you're-gonna-love-it kind of attitude.”

“Can you be serious for two words?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Not without effort.”

“Every morning we wake up with the same choice: What will my attitude be today? Ask yourself that without fail. Decide that no matter what the day brings, your attitude will...

Your appearance, attitude, and confidence define you as a person.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> A professional, well-dressed golfer, like a...

…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.”

“Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.”

To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other is giving us. This does not mean that we suffer for them,...

Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states -- &quot;fear societies&quot; and &quot;free societies,&quot; two kinds of consciousness. The...