Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing - the ability to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

The last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. And there were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you become the plaything to circumstance, renouncing freedom and dignity...

You can take my money from me; you can take my watch away; you can stripe me off my clothes; you may even can kill me. And yet, there is only a thing you will not be able to take away from me, no matter how hard you try: the fear I am feeling.

You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will more willingly part withal: except my life, except my life, except my life.

You can’t always choose what happens to you, but you can always choose how you feel about it

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them

Aucune force ne peut supprimer cet ultime choix, ne peut priver l’être humain de cette forme-là de la liberté, qui lui donne, de fait, sa qualité d’« être humain », qui lui permet, en toutes circonstances, de rester humain. La contrainte (et donc la détermination par le milieu) ne peut jamais être totale : « L’on peut tout enlever à l’homme, au camp de concentration, excepté une chose : l’ultime liberté de choisir telle ou telle attitude devant les conditions qui lui sont imposées » (Frankl,

You can’t always choose what happens to you, but you can always choose how you feel about it.