"Act toward others and the world at large in exactly the same manner that you want the world, and  others, to act toward you. For example, treat the members of your family as the persons they really are: the most important people in your life. Carry out into the world each morning the kind of attitude you'd have if you were the most successful person on earth. And notice how quickly it develops into a habit. Almost immediately, a change will be noticed. Irritations that used to frustrate and annoy disappear. When some less informed person gives you a bad time, stay on the track. When someone cuts in front of you with their car, or acts in any other manner that shows their ignorance and lack of courtesy, don't permit yourself to drop to their level. Don't let their unhappiness make you unhappy.

When you begin to develop better attitudes, you should realize you've already placed yourself on the road to what you seek. You are well on your way to joining the top three percent of the people. You've prepared the ground and planted the seed-you have made of yourself an embodiment of that which you seek."

~ Earl Nightingale on The Magic Word (Attitude)