Sedona, Arizona at sunset (I took this in August 2009)Today, I found myself thinking about attitude; the role it plays in our lives and also the effect it has on others. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching? ~Dennis and Wendy Mannering
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire
Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey
Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. ~Author Unknown
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. ~Samuel Johnson
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. ~Vince Lombardi
When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long. ~Author Unknown
I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little impotent, and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope. ~Voltaire
Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Men who never get carried away should be. ~Malcolm Forbes
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. ~Frederick Faber
We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. ~Konrad Adenauer
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. ~Art Linkletter
Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. ~Nicholas Chamfort
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. ~Arthur Rubinstein
Nothing is interesting if you're not interested. ~Helen MacInness
