A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE

Most of us have heard the cliché: “Your attitude determines your altitude.” There’s a reason why some clichés are repeated over and over again. The reason? Because there’s truth contained in the words. I recently spent a little Google-time searching for quotes regarding ATTITUDE. Here’s a few which I thought were excellent:

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference” (Winston Churchill)

“Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.”  (Pat Riley)

“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” (W. Clement Stone)

“Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or day. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.” (Charles R. Swindoll)

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” (Thomas Jefferson)

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” (Zig Ziglar)

“Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” (Dale Carnegie)

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

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude towards it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.” (Norman Vincent Peale)

“Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” (Vince Lombardi)

“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.” (Vince Lombardi)

In the story of Exodus, only two of the twelve spies returned from an exploratory trip to the land that was promised to the Israelites and gave a good report to their leader, Moses. Joshua and Caleb, the two spies, both told Moses, “We can do this!” I absolutely love what Numbers 14:22 (God’s Word and Good News translations) says specifically about Caleb: “…my servant Caleb has a different attitude.” The challenge for all of us today is to be people with a “different attitude.” With the help of the Holy Spirit we can rise above all the negativity, cynicism and skepticism of the day, and be people of faith, hope and love. More about ATTTITUDE in my next post.