Attitude is a powerful, invisible force that shapes our lives. It’s our mental viewpoint or personal perspective towards situations, people, and events. A positive attitude can transform challenges into opportunities, while a negative one can turn even favorable conditions into problems.
The significance of attitude in our lives lies in its ability to shape our experiences, influence our behavior, and ultimately determine the success and happiness we attain.
To show just how varied and impactful our attitudes can be, here’s a collection of quotes that reflect the many shades of this powerful mindset.
1. “Attitude is attitude, whether you’re a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?” – Paul Walker
2. “Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.” – Paul Valery
3. “I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I’m using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I’ve visited over 90 countries thus far.” – Sidney Sheldon
4. “Funny is an attitude.” – Flip Wilson
5. “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” – Harold S. Geneen
6. “That’s what I love from metal, and that’s what I love from hip-hop. That’s what I love from any music that’s hard, that’s got an edge to it-The attitude in it.” – Kid Rock
7. “Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.” – Christie Brinkley
8. “A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.” – Tom Stoppard
9. “When I pray, I always thank Mother Nature for all the beauty in the world. It’s about having an attitude of gratitude.” – Miranda Kerr
10. “When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.” – Meister Eckhart
11. “It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top – in business or in sports.” – George Blanda
12. “If you’re going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you probably won’t play good anyways.” – Jason Day
13. “You need to have a can-do attitude. There is always a way.” – Alan Mulally
14. “It’s not in what you wear but how you handle yourself. Like Hollywood celebrity Lindsay Lohan, I used to like her a lot because of her great fashion style but look at her attitude. Fashion is also about knowing what’s right and doing what is right.” – Heart Evangelista
15. “Many big and small things happen in our lives, almost on daily basis, and I hope that everyone would not lose the trust that they have in themselves, and never lose positive attitude.” – Gong Hyo-jin
16. “If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.” – Magic Johnson
17. “A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.” – David Bailey
18. “If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.” – Charles Revson
19. “Religion has nothing to do with God. It’s a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it’s religion that produces God, not the other way round.” – Umberto Eco
20. “Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.” – Will Hurd
21. “Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude.” – Ralph Marston
22. “Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.” – Bikram Choudhury
23. “Neither the Christian attitude of love for all mankind nor humane hopes for an organized society must cause us to forget that the ‘human stratum’ may not be homogeneous.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
24. “Vampires are so old that they don’t need to impress anyone anymore. They’re comfortable in their own skin. It’s this enigmatic strength that’s very romantic and old-fashioned. I think it goes back to something of a Victorian attitude of finding a strong man who’s going to look after his woman.” – Stephen Moyer
25. “A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.” – Virat Kohli
26. “I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.” – Chevy Chase
27. “Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.” – Joel Osteen
28. “A complainer is like a Death Eater because there’s a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.” – Barbara Corcoran
29. “When you view your world with an attitude of gratitude, you are training yourself to focus on the good in life.” – Paul J. Meyer
30. “No, we don’t control who our parents are. We don’t control what color we are. We don’t control what home we are born into. But we control our attitude. We control our work ethic. We control our drive and our commitment.” – Dabo Swinney
31. “It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.” – Alfred Adler
32. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill
33. “The winner’s edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner’s edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.” – Denis Waitley
34. “Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.” – Donald Knuth
35. “You can call it what you want: bad attitude, immature. You can say, ‘He’s a thug.’ But I’m a competitor.” – DeMarcus Cousins
36. “Over time, we as humans have developed a different attitude towards nature and we’ve forgotten about our inner power.” – Wim Hof
37. “Attitudes are more important than facts.” – George MacDonald
38. “It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.” – Orison Swett Marden
39. “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” – William James
40. “My attitude is, if someone’s going to criticize me, tell me to my face.” – Simon Cowell
41. “The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” – Aldous Huxley
42. “We should bring in an environmental attitude, and I think luxury should automatically be about sustainability and quality.” – Jochen Zeitz
43. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” – William James
44. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
45. “Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.” – Allen Klein
Why Attitude Is the One Choice That Always Matters
Reading through these quotes, I’m reminded that attitude is one of the few things we have full control over.
It doesn’t cost anything, but it can change everything—from the way we feel in the morning to the way we overcome life’s biggest hurdles.
Whether you’re chasing a goal, healing from something tough, or just trying to get through the day, your attitude is your greatest ally.
So choose it wisely, nourish it often, and don’t underestimate its power—you’ve got more strength inside you than you think.
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