I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.

I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

I’ve got wide tastes, but I don’t like jazz.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

I think that when we know that we actually do live in uncertainty, then we ought to admit it; it is of great value to realize that we do not know the answers to different questions. This attitude of mind – this attitude of uncertainty – is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

Stop this attitude that older people ain’t any good anymore! We’re as good as we ever were – if we ever were any good.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

We named the book ‚Extreme Ownership‘ because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it’s definitely an attitude that I had.

My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It’s when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

A lot of guys are able to separate how they act off the court versus how they act on the court.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

Trap is new. It didn’t start yesterday, but when I was 5, it didn’t exist – not even in the U.S. I’ve evolved with the music.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

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.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Well, you know, I’m the forever optimist.

Alternative R&B is in my soul. It’s not going anywhere.

There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.

Folk music is a bunch of fat people.

Being ‚contented‘ ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

I walk tall; I got a tall attitude.

I’m not a serious person, and I don’t like serious people.

A pessimist? That’s a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

I would say that I’m more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.

Reggaeton is something else – it is part of pop culture. It is something very big that I don’t believe will ever die.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

I never go into a situation with any type of expectations.

If you’re going to write about rap music and hip-hop, and you don’t love it, then we don’t need your opinion, and we revoke your opinion.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J’aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

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.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don’t know and I don’t care.

I don’t like freeloaders; I don’t like people who are negative.

My records are borderline dance records. They’ve got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there’s a lot of people that were like, ‚This is a dance record.‘

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‚It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.‘ This was a very healthy attitude.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

I’m pretty sure in my older years, I’ll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.