Circumstances Quote by Albert Bandura

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

— Mother Maribel

Ignoring negative things that need to be changed is destructive and does nothing to alleviate negativity. Instead, we should focus on the way we're…

— Tom Rath

The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.

— Helen Keller

So many people live daily with unhappy circumstances, and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation. They somehow believe that conforming…

— Suman Rai

“Those mitigating circumstances could just as well be mentioned if the thinker thought it worth the trouble. From the standpoint of human relations it…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

People become less inhibited from wanting to change social and economic conditions in a radical fashion according to their own interests, and from being…

— Gunnar Myrdal

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

When faced with exceptional circumstances, people react differently.

— Divya Dutta

I believe each human being has the potential to change, to transform one’s own attitude, no matter how difficult the situation.

— Anonymous

It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Often we can change things, and a realistic attitude - including envisioning worse case scenarios - actually helps to accomplish that change. But if…

— Massimo Pigliucci

We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.

— William James