Response Quotes

“To respond is positive, to react is negative.”

“When you respond to life, that's positive; when you react to life, that's negative.”

“It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.”

“Whether you respond to life or react to life determines how far you're gonna go in life.”

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

“Vow to seek a Calm Inner Response to the Circumstances of your Life”

“When you were called, did you answer or did you not? Perhaps softly and in a whisper?”

“Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events.”

“Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action.”

“Well, there's a lot to react against![in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary]”

“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”

“Its the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease”

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

“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.”

“There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.”

“We can't control what other people do and how they treat us, but we can control our response to them.”

“When someone gives you offense, it doesn't mean you have to take it.”

“Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.”

“Since you cannot control the weather, or the traffic,or the one you love, or your neighbors, or your boss,then you must learn to control you...the one whose response to the difficulties of life REALLY counts.”

“Significant things often happen when you are present. Things come to you, and then you respond to what is required. The response very often comes without a premeditated idea of what you want. It is simply a response to the situation.”

“By learning to accept the small things immediately as they happen, you can be free of having to react to things at all. You still can respond when action is needed, but you can be free, internally, of events.”

“Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.”

“Someone else's action should not determine your response.”

“The way we have to measure progress is not, "Is there ever going to be an incident of racism in the country?" It's, "How does the majority of our country respond?"”

“Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.”