Attitude is everything.

The line compresses a pragmatic worldview: while circumstances matter, the stance one takes toward them—confidence, resilience, openness, discipline—often determines how effectively one acts and how others respond. Read in the orbit of Diane von Furstenberg’s public persona as a fashion entrepreneur, it suggests that self-presentation is not merely aesthetic but psychological and social: attitude shapes perception, opportunity, and follow-through. The absolutism (“everything”) is rhetorical rather than literal, emphasizing priority rather than denying material constraints. As a maxim, it functions as a self-directing reminder that agency begins with mindset, which then influences choices, relationships, and outcomes.