#age

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing - the ability to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. ↗

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

#age

Feeling unable to maintain this detachment of attitude towards human- and, in especial, matrimonial- affairs, I asked whether it was not true that she had married Bob Duport. She nodded; not exactly conveying, it seemed to me, that by some happy chance their union had introduced her to an unexpected terrestrial paradise. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#marriage #sardonic #attitude

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#illusions #courage

For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And when Mrs. Harrington slipped a solitaire diamond into her hand as she went, instead of disliking it she enjoyed its feel on her finger, and the flash of it in the light. She thanked Mrs. Harrington for it with real gratitude. But it made her feel more than ever engaged to marry her mother-in-law. ↗

— Margaret Widdemer

#humour #mother-in-law #attitude

Worry is stressing about a situation that may or may not occur and it’s always in the negative sense. ↗

— Rob Liano

#fear #future #growth #worry #worrying

I only wanted absolute quiet to think out why I had developed a sad attitude toward sadness, a melancholy attitude toward melancholy and a tragic attitude toward tragedy — why I had become identified with the objects of my horror or compassion. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#sadness #tragedy #attitude

A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems. -Subodh Gupta author "Stress Management a holistic approach -5 steps plan". ↗

— Subodh Gupta

#managing-stress #positive-attitude #positive-quotes #positive-thoughts #stress

Whatever you attempt, if your attitude sucks, so will you. ↗

— Rob Liano

#encouragement #inspiration #motivation #attitude

But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which. ↗

— Stieg Larsson

#courage #shyness #anger

'The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#biggest #copy #damage #did #everyone