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> # 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.

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## More from Charles Swindoll

1. > When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

[Permalink to quote \#14](https://quotesby.net/Charles-Swindoll/14/ "Permalink to quote 14")
2. > When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

[Permalink to quote \#13](https://quotesby.net/Charles-Swindoll/13/ "Permalink to quote 13")
3. > We shouldn't deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on those experiences.

[Permalink to quote \#12](https://quotesby.net/Charles-Swindoll/12/ "Permalink to quote 12")

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