This document discusses the impact of positive attitudes through various quotes and sayings. It argues that our lives are determined not by what happens to us but by how we react, and that a positive attitude can spark extraordinary results. It provides numerous quotes emphasizing that attitude and outlook shape our experiences more than external factors, and that maintaining a positive mindset allows one to achieve more.

1. The Impact of Positive AttitudesJanuary 17th 2011

2. “Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction ofpositive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst...a spark that creates extraordinary results.”Successories

3. “We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.” “We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.”

4. “Unless you start with a positive attitude, you will surely end without one.”

5. “If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.” Mary Engelbreit

6. “So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.” The Eagles, "Already Gone"Attitude

7. “Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.”Bill Meyer

8. “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” Benjamin Franklin

9. “To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.” Ken S. Keyes, Jr.

10. “I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”Abraham Lincoln

11. “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” William James

12. “We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.” Elbert Hubbard

13. “Sometimes life's Hell. But hey! Whatever gets the marshmallows toasty.”J. Andrew Helt

14. “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”F. Scott Fitzgerald

15. “Positive thinking won't let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”ZigZiglar

16. “If you have the will to win, you’ve achieved half your success; if you don't, you’ve achieved half your failure.” David Ambrose

17. “People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.”Epictetus

18. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

19. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters …compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

20. “To respond is positive, to react is negative.”Zig Ziglar

21. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” Ralph Marston

22. Open Discussion