Guy Finley Quotes

The choice to have a great attitude is something that nobody or no circumstance can take from you.

Problems are not my problem. It's not what happens to me but what happens in me that matters.

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

You can either give in to negative feelings or fight them, and I'm of the belief that you should fight them.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

Don't worry about what you can't control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we CAN control. Attitude, effort, focus- these are the things we can control.

If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.

When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from the side of the mind. If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed, we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be free from problems, we must transform our mind.

No circumstances can ever make or mar the unfolding of the spiritual life. Spirituality does not depend upon the environment; it depends upon one's attitude towards life.

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.

The quality of a person's life does not depend on the circumstances of his life as much as the attitude with which he faces those circumstances.

Life is hard if you think it's hard.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.

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.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

Control what you can control. I can control my emotions, my attitude, my effort every day.

The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

Happiness does not depend on your circumstances; it depends on your will. It's a choice that you make.

Just because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so.

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.