Looking to boost your positivity and transform your outlook on life? You’re in the right place. Here’s a list of 101 powerful attitude quotes that will inspire, motivate, and help you face each day with a renewed sense of optimism.
- “A positive attitude can really make dreams come true—it did for me.” – David Bailey
- “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
- “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
- “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton
- “Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude.” – Ralph Marston
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
- “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you don’t change it, you’ll never go anywhere.” – Unknown
- “Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” – Hans Selye
- “The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.” – Dennis S. Brown
- “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.” – Brian Tracy
- “Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.” – Wayne Dyer
- “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” – Colin Powell
- “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” – Kahlil Gibran
- “The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” – Voltaire
- “People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” – John C. Maxwell
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance.” – Robert Greene
- “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
- “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
- “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” – Walter Scott
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
- “The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” – Robert H. Schuller
- “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler
- “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
- “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
- “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
- “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.” – Unknown
- “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller
- “Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” – John N. Mitchell
- “To succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
- “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” – Dolly Parton
- “A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” – Joyce Brothers
- “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett
- “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” – Muhammad Ali
- “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
- “Attitude determines the altitude of life.” – Edwin Louis Cole
- “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” – Wade Boggs
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
- “Your attitude towards anything in life will determine your ability to endure it.” – Sasha Azevedo
- “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” – Joyce Meyer
- “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
- “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Mary Kay Ash
- “A bad attitude is the worst thing that can happen to a group of people. It’s infectious.” – Roger Goodell
- “Change your attitude and you change your life.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
- “You can’t always have a good day. But you can always face a bad day with a good attitude.” – Unknown
- “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Attitude is the paintbrush of the mind; it can color any situation.” – Unknown
- “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
- “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen R. Covey
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette
- “A great attitude becomes a great day, which becomes a great month, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life.” – Mandy Hale
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
- “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” – William James
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
- “To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I believe that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
- “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
- “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The sun himself is weak when he first rises and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens
- “Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.” – Irving Berlin
- “Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.” – Brian Tracy
- “Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.” – Elbert Hubbard
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
- “A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.” – William Arthur Ward
- “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” – John Lubbock
- “Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.” – Unknown
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
- “The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
- “A positive attitude will lead to positive outcomes.” – Unknown
- “Our attitudes determine our future.” – Earl Nightingale
- “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” – Stephen King
- “It’s all about attitude.” – Unknown
- “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.” – Bob Bitchin
- “If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” – Pat Riley
- “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
- “Your attitude is either the lock on or the key to the door of success.” – Denis Waitley
- “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” – Dale Carnegie
- “The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” – Aldous Huxley
- “Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities.” – Jack Ma
- “A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.” – Tom Stoppard
- “Your attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards you.” – John Mitchell
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz