Attitude

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Some people call the glass half empty; some call it half full. Some people are just happy to have a glass.

Due to recent budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

When I finally found my niche in life it was between a rock and a hard place.

If life hands you a dilemma, make dilemmanade

The grass is always greener where you water it.  Rachel Larsen

I am determined to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Happiness is a particular sensation you acquire when you are too busy to be miserable.

Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.

If you don’t have what you like, try liking what you have.

You can have a bad day and still have a good life.  Neal A. Maxwell

Phillipians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Greatness is measured by how well an individual responds to those happenings in life, which appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable and undeserved. – Marvin J. Ashton

If you’re happy, notify your face. 

You are very blessed.  Just think of all the things you don’t have that you don’t want.

You shouted for joyin the preexistence.  Nothing eternal has changed, so why should your attitude be any different?

The late John F. Heidenreich, served for several years as a Protestant minister before his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He shared with many of his friends his “Morning Resolve,” which illustrates an attitude and frame of mind that can be most helpful at the beginning of a day:  

This day is the day that I resolve to live a happy, serene, and useful life, repelling promptly every thought of antagonism, discontent, anxiety, discouragement, impurity, and self-seeking.  I will cultivate a spirit of tolerance, cheerfulness, magnanimity, charity, and a love for serving others.  I will reserve a time each day for reading some uplifting literature, and the practice of quiet medication.  I will exercise generosity in giving, economy in expenditure, carefulness in conversation, diligence in appointed service, faithfulness in every trust, and child-like faith in God!

In particular, I will be faithful every day in those habits of prayer, work, the study of the scriptures, physical exercise, eating, and sleeping which I believe the Holy Sprit has shown me to be right!

Anticipating is even more fun than recollecting. – Malcom S. Forbes, Sr.

Joy is not in things; it is in us. – Richard Wagner

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. – Jonathan Swift

Happiness is not a station you arrive at; it is a manner of traveling. – Margaret Lee Runbeck

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do. 

-James M. Barrie

Our life is what we make it by our own thoughts and deeds.  It is our own state and attitude of mind, which determines whether we are happy or unhappy, strong or weak, sinful or holy, foolish or wise.  If one is unhappy, that state of mind belongs to himself, and is originated within himself; it is a state which responds to certain outward happenings, but its cause lies within, and not in those outward circumstances.  If one is weak, he has brought himself to that condition by the course of thought and action he has chosen and is still choosing. (A Woman and Her Self Esteem – Canfield, pg. 14)

Happiness is like a butterfly.  The more you chase it, the more it will elude you.  But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder. – Henry David Thoreau

You just can’t be miserable as long as you are properly and enjoyably busy; there is no room for misery.  Work is the best wonder drug ever devised by God. – Dr. Orlando Babtista

Smile….it increases the face value. – Robert Harling

Nobody is born bored.

The city of happiness is in the state of mind.

Be cheerful.  Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. – Janet Layne

Abraham Lincoln stated that a man over forty is responsible for his own face.

Andy Rooney, writer: My shower first thing in the morning is a wonderfully pleasant and exhilarating way to start the day.  I like the warmth, I like a good cake of soap, and I like the idea that I’m part of a civilization that has organized itself to get water to my house and have it warm and waiting for me when I get up.  It’s difficult to remember to be amazed every day, but it is amazing. – And More by Andy Rooney (Antheneum)

Change your thoughts and you change your world. – The Rev. Norman Vincent Peale

Don’t turn over your free agency to someone you don’t like.

So often we seek a change in our condition when what we need is a change in our attitude. – Anonymous

It’s only the view from where you sit that makes you feel defeat

Life is full of many aisles so why don’t you change your seat? – German Proverb

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response – Mildred Barthel in Ensign

The main difference in people, when all is said and done, is their happiness or lack of it. 

God will hold us responsible for the things on earth that we refused to enjoy.

Smile.  If you can’t raise the corners of your mouth, at least let the middle drop.