evidence: Teaching Students That Attitude is Everything [...] In thousands of classrooms across the world, there hangs a poster that says "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." It’s something Winston Churchill said when he was the Prime Minister of Great Britain. I say YOU should hang this poster in your room as well. Why? It couldn’t be more true. Or more appropriate for a classroom. With education, as with life in general, it’s our mindset that determines how much we learn, not our innate intelligence. It’s been proven that attitude truly does make a big difference. What we put in, we get out.