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Change the way you look at things… and things change. 20 Quotes to Inspire you.

Updated: Mar 8

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It’s our attitude that determines how we look at things and an attitude can be changed, just by deciding to change it you will have changed it. Then you can choose which attitude you would like to have and hey presto… a whole new attitude is born.


I hope you enjoy these 21 Quotes on changing the way you look at things so you will see the best in people and situations



1. There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

I love this reframing quote, it shows us that if you look at things a little differently it change your perspective entirely.



2. As Captain Jack Sparrow once said... The problem isn't the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem.

How we look at things and how we react to things is a choice we make.


There is almost always a positive way to look at a situation. And it's always easier to find when you have a positive outlook on life. It’s easy to re-frame any situation when you have a positive attitude.


3. A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. – Joyce Meyer

4. Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler

5. I get up every morning, and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day. - Paul Henderson

6. The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seed of one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go. - Martha Washington

7. There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is positive or negative. - W. Clement Stone

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8. The day you have is influenced by your attitude, if you want a positive day, you must have a positive attitude. – Unknown

9. You can’t have a good day with a negative attitude, and you can’t have a negative day with a good attitude. – Unknown

10. You are always in control of your life as regards to your attitude towards it. You can have a positive attitude, or you can have a negative attitude. – Bob Monkhouse

11. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. – Wayne Dyer

12. Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. - John Wooden

13. A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. - Patricia Neal

14. Be happy not because everything is good, but because you can see the good side of everything. – Unknown


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15. Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights an see possibilities – always see them, for they are always there. – Norman Vincent Peale

16. Don't wake up with the regret of what you didn't accomplish yesterday. Wake up with thoughts of what you are going to achieve today. – Unknown

17. Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can't do. - Joyce Meyer


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18. Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds. - Ana Claudia Antunes

19. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

20. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. – Zig Ziglar


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21. Sometime all you need is to look at things from a different perspective. - Unknown


Take a fresh look at an old problem and you may be surprised by the difference it makes.


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