I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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Related I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of atti... CHARLES SWINDOLL teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li... MY TEACHER Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, money, ci... CHARLES R. SWINDOLL See, me, I don't run away. During my successes or my failures, I put it on me. FAT JOE abundant feeling of your presence in front of Allah is enjoy full solitude state where you are in bo... M.I.SHAIKH MY SELF It's raining spiders, seriously. Maybe that's a bad sign. MY MORNING JACKET At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos MY MORNING JACKET You go up there and it's just this amazing place on top of a mountain, MY MORNING JACKET I wear my heart on my sleeve. I just trust people too easily. I usually create a false image of who ... KIMBERLY BANDY It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. THOMAS JEFFERSON The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sens... CARL SCHURZ My attitude to you will always be the same no matter if you love me or hate me. DEBASISH MRIDHA Sometimes we whisper it quietly and other times we shout it out loud in front of a mirror. I hate ho... AMY POEHLER The longer I love, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more impor... CHARLES R. SWINDOLL I'm the most Failure Model of My parents activities SATHESH KUMAR M When I am brushing my teeth, I'm bending my leg behind me, or I'm lifting my leg up and hold... CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far.' ALEX BORSTEIN I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented o... HENRY DAVID THOREAU “I believe the true measure of a man is not what my boss, friends, family or any person thinks, ju... ZACHARIAH B NOTTER The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, ... SIDNEY CROSBY I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. LEBRON JAMES Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my... RICHIE NORTON My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, ... SARAH J. MAAS I believe the true measure of a man is not what my boss, associatesor friends think or say about me.... ZACHARIAH B NOTTER My father taught me that learning is an endless process, and that there is no limit to the amount of... SUZY KASSEM I want to stay consistent, stay fluid and stay in my delivery. I think the big thing for me is to ke... C.C. SABATHIA My kids are more important to me than my campaign. I'm not going to make it a campaign issue or a ca... GIFFORD MILLER Music is my life. ROBERT ILER Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 A Better Resurrection I have no wit, no words, no tears; ... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI The last words I spoke to my family still ring in my ears. If I succeed in escaping, somehow or othe... MASAJI ISHIKAWA The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me is more im... CHARLES SWINDOLL Clench clench these strong teeth in this strong mouth. My mouth. Of my body. In my house. My mouth? ... CAMILLA GIBB My time at the Denver Public Schools taught me there is no harder, or more important, job than being... MICHAEL BENNET Some people applaud my no nonsense approach to life. Others say my methods are “extreme”. Where ... CARLOS WALLACE No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself. KARL G. MAESER There is no pain and there are no sorrows. They no longer have permission to live in my today or my ... STEVEN CUOCO The Only Way Out Is To DIE!!!! BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the... HELEN KELLER Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from t... HELEN KELLER The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me ... THOMAS JEFFERSON Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me. GUNTHER SCHULLER My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight. KATE SMITH I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say abou... BRIGHAM YOUNG I only feel close to people who arouse my energy, who make enormous demands of me, who are capable o... ANAïS NIN When I am me, I can see me in my space. My desk faces the window and an ocean. The flower on my desk... JAN DENISE No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that... ARIEL LEVY Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's... AURORA My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certa... RAM SHRIRAM There are such strong women in my life that there's no chance of me getting too big for my boots... JACK LOWDEN I close my eyes and I let my body shut itself down and I let my mind wander. It wanders to a familia... JAMES FREY Choice or no, my heart is his. BETH REVIS You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomi... HERBERT HOOVER I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come afte... PETE SEEGER I believe there is no heaven or hell. There are no devils or angels. No afterlife or salvation. My s... BHAVYA KAUSHIK The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more impor... CHARLES SWINDOLL The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more impor... CHARLES R. SWINDOLL If you asked me which gives me more joy, my work or my family, there is no question that it's my... EMILY OSTER Disability informs almost every part of my life. It's as important, if not more so, than my gend... STELLA YOUNG My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too.... BIG SEAN Music is my life. It is sacred. JIMMY CHAMBERLIN The day when it all ends. Will you be with me or will you be gone and leave me alone. On that day, w... IVANN RODRIGUEZ There is no paradise for you or me. MAZ NO PARADISE Believe it or not, I feel pain, pain for my daughter and pain for him too. I know where he's going t... CRUZ CARDER One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk... KAHLIL GIBRAN All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pa... DAVID MIXNER The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving m... BRIAN WILSON To have the knowledge that would make my father proud is a gift that has not been handed to me on a ... GARY F EVANS... All my life, people have been underestimating me. HUGH CAREY I can't watch most of my work. Once I come on screen, all I can think of is 'What am I doing... KATIE MCGRATH A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches... KAIA GERBER I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong wi... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Serene I told my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst tim... JOHN BURROUGHS Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to... R. L. STINE For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and ma... DREE HEMINGWAY When the Warriors are on, my wife keeps away from me. I'm a rabid fan, and my language sometimes... JERRY WEST As they say in America, ‘no better time than the present.’” “Or before I change m... KAILIN GOW No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image... J.R.R. TOLKIEN "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except a desperate ca... GILBERT K. CHESTERTON The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public... SIDNEY SHELDON I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no s... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE No one has got close enough to use or abuse me, and even if they did, I wouldn't get too emotion... AKSHAY KUMAR from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of ... MARY OLIVER I don't care about my character here on earth. I don't care about what other people think or... BRIGHAM YOUNG I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's o... JOHNATHAN LARSON When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had... JENNIFER LOPEZ Just as I could tell you about my first Andre Norton novel or my first L'Engle or my first Asimo... PAMELA DEAN I dress in my 'uniform,' or my own dress code, which reflects my personal method and work et... GIORGIO ARMANI My own personal popularity can have no influence over me when the dictates of my best judgment and t... JOHN TYLER What is important to me as an actor is that, even if I have to spread my arms, take my shirt off on ... VIR DAS Will you be mine?
When my people go away,
When I loose my loved ones
When I feel I lost myself......... NISHI DE SILVA "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperat... GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON My country, right or wrong is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate ca... G. K. CHESTERTON 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate ... G. K. CHESTERTON "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate... G. K. CHESTERTON 'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a despera... G. K. CHESTERTON My country, right or wrong,” is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperat... G.K. CHESTERTON To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no r... MIKHAIL BAKUNIN When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and wh... ROGER FEDERER My perception of your beauty was far more erotic than your real beauty! Am I to be blamed for taking... RAMANA PEMMARAJU No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low. JOHN LENNON
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TOLKIEN Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wis... J. R. R. TOLKIEN It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one w... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step ont... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has go... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Then the enchantment became more dreamlike, until he felt that an endless river of swelling gold and... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Whether you're a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. Th... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. J. R. R. TOLKIEN So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! J. R. R. TOLKIEN All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. J. R. R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. TOLKIEN If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J. R. R. TOLKIEN An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire&... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one tur... J. R. R. TOLKIEN It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to ... J. R. R. TOLKIEN He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could no... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Short cuts make long delays. J. R. R. TOLKIEN When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a di... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. TOLKIEN 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things on... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not t... J. R. R. TOLKIEN His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or j... J. R. R. TOLKIEN One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the ... J. R. R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R. TOLKIEN It's a dangerous business going out your front door. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as wel... J. R. R. TOLKIEN All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more p... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally sma... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. TOLKIEN It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wa... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy t... J. R. R. TOLKIEN There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I have files, I have computer files and, you know, files on paper. But most of it is really in my he... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and d... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a fri... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. J. R. R. TOLKIEN