“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), Speech in Detroit, Michigan (12 April 1964)
Variant: Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your — your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action.
Context: Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your — your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action. As long as you gotta sit-down philosophy, you’ll have a sit-down thought pattern, and as long as you think that old sit-down thought you’ll be in some kind of sit-down action.
“You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“Change your attitude, but remain natural.”
Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher
Always Maintain a Joyful Mind: And Other <i>Lojong</i> Teachings on Awakening Compassion and Fearlessness
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“Can't say it often enough - change your hair, change your life.”
Thomas Pynchon book Inherent Vice
Source: Inherent Vice
“Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?”
Marquis de Sade (1740–1814) French novelist and philosopher
Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1787)
“Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.”
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living