Jessica.

I *love* that quote - especially the part "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it."
I saw the entire quote painted on the wall of a high school gym this year when I was officiating a game there. I had heard that one part of the quote, but didn't know who had written it. Definitely a powerful statement!

if you only knew how the timing of that quote was so perfect..... I've read that before in one of his books but just been a while... thanks for the reminder!

Love the quote, and I love the tribute to your baby sister. I have one of my own that I really feel the need to call....
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Someone gave me that quote when I was in college. I've since lost it and couldn't remember who had written it. So glad I "checked in" today. ;)

Family is so important, and truly a gift to have. Such a great quote and oh so true!

Love the quote Ali. One of my favorite attitude quotes is by Norman Vincent Peal:
"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward 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."

I wish i could be close to my sister like that!

I LOVE that quote!!! I am going to print that one and hang it up for my children to see. How funny that the perfect quote came by me today - I was talking about attitude/positiveness with my son this afternoon.

Great quote. Thanks for sharing it.

I just love your blog! So inspiring and thought provoking. Another amazing quote that I need to print and put on my bulletin board. Thanks! :)

I had that same quote stuck to my computer when I was working! Thanks for reminding me of it!

hi, thanks for the quote. this evening i was telling my husband how i sucked at stuff. he said he feels bad when i talk that way. that im too hard on myself. that i shouldnt feel that way because i dont suck, at all. i just kinda shrugged him off cuz i wanted to be in that state, sorry about myself and feeling like crap. after dinner i finally accepted that i am too hard on me. and reading your quote now, that attitude is everything, that we have a choice, that we cant change the past or the future, that it's how we react to what is happening around us, gives me a great boost to the morale, to the inside. you dont know me but i thank you. for posting this. you dont know how much this has helped. and will probably continue to help.
:)

Interesting...I had a job interview today and while I was in the directors office, the phone rang and she took the call. So I was looking around and this very same saying was printed out and hanging on her wall. I read through it, agreed with it, and was pleased that it was written by Swindoll (a man that I consider a creditable source). Now I am presented with the saying again on your blog. So, I am printing it out and putting it up! Thank you.

Awesome quote !!
Gorgeous pics of you & Jess !!
My sister is 6 1/2 years old than me and while we live on opposite ends of the earth, we are amazingly close. There is nothing like the sisterly bond !! I can't wait until she is back home in Australia !!
* hugs *

Wonderful quote -
Your comments about your sister remind me of how grateful I am for mine. And how proud I am of her.
Thanks for sharing -

Great quote - thanks for sharing dude. :)

What great photos. Sisters are the best!

I love so much that wise quote! You and Jessica are very gorgeous!

Fabulous quote, Ali. I have it in my quote journal. Need to print it out and put up so my big boys can read it, over and over again!!
Sweet photos of you and your sister :)
mcc

I really love that Charles Swindoll quote - I had it up in my classroom when I taught.