The longer I live, the more I realize
the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude to me is more important
than the past,
than education,
than money,
than circumstances,
than failures,
than successes,
than what other people think
or say or do. 
It is more important
than appearance,
giftedness, or skill. 
It will make or break a company ...
a church ... a home. 
The remarkable thing is
we have a choice everyday
regarding the attitude we will embrace
for that day.
We cannot change our past ...
we cannot change the fact that people
will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do
is play on the one string we have
and that is our attitude ...
I am convinced that life is
10% what happens to me
and
90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you ...
we are in charge of our "Attitudes."

Charles Swindoll