Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.

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

It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.

You cannot wait until everything becomes better before you decide to have a good attitude. You have to be the best you can be right where you are.

It's all matter of attitude. You could let a lot of things bother you if you wanted to But it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment. We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude.

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

I try to put a positive spin on things.

Your reaction to a situation determines whether it will be positive or negative. If you're determined to label a situation positive, no matter how it appears, the result MUST be positive. If you label something negative, that MUST be your experience. It's never too late to change a situation because you have an unlimited supply of positive sticky labels! Your life is always your call!

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Set your mind that no matter what is going on in your life, you will have a good attitude.

There are two types of people: The ones who give you 50 reasons it can't be done ... and the ones who just do it.

You never judge a day by the weather!

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.

I try to keep a positive attitude about everything.

We make our days pleasant or miserable. If we insist on being miserable, irritable and nasty, more than likely the day will give us exactly what we give it. A day is too valuable to waste on misery and unhappiness.

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.