The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

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.

It is not the body’s posture, but the heart’s attitude that counts when we pray.

Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don’t care attitude about clothes. You don’t care, you just do it and it looks great.

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

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

We live in ugly times.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

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

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

The Internet offers opportunities that are more unique than ever before. With TV, I know I’m making 22 minutes; I know there’s a commercial in the middle. With the Internet, no one knows anything. No rules.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.

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

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

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.

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

I prefer to be in a video than to play with it.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

I don’t have a need for speed. I’m not that guy.

It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

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.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

I’m strictly for Stevenson. I don’t dig the intellectual bit, but I’m telling you, man, he knows the most.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

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

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

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.

As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There’s a select few that will never like me. They don’t like what I stand for. They don’t like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They’re going to be negative no matter what.

Last year we said, ‚Things can’t go on like this‘, and they didn’t, they got worse.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it’s the most complicated thing in the world.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

‚Do you spell it with a ‚V‘ or a ‚W‘?‘ inquired the judge. ‚That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord‘.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they’re not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

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.

U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.

I’ve had a fan who made a painting of my face with her fingers. I have put it up in my room. It was sweet and very different.

I like black because it is a vacant space.

I know there’s a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that’s fine with me.

I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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.

I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don’t take themselves too seriously.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.

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

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

I love women with attitude.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.