Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Attitude Thoughts

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.
-- Alan Cohen, A Deep Breath Of Life

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.."
-- James Allen

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
-- Charles F. Kettering

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
-- Alvin Toffler

The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the REALIST adjusts his sails.
- author unknown

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
-- Robert Frost