Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.

You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.

People think they can’t change themselves, but they can.

People think they can change others, but they can’t.

My mummy will always say you can’t change the world but you can change the little around you.

Part of our leadership is understanding that you can’t change what other people think of you, but you can change how you react to their thinking and how you respond to it.

You may not be able to control other people . . . but you can control how you react to them and their actions. This is an easy thing to say but much more difficult to do.

When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change … But only after trying their hardest to make you stop.

Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him.

I can't change the world but I can change the world in me.

can’t change the world but I can change the world in me.

Can we avoid people? How is that possible? And if we associate with them, can we change them? Who gives us that power?

It’s vital to remember that you can’t change others unless they want to change themselves. You can influence them and facilitate change, but you can’t make them change. And they’ll only decide to change when they have an incentive – such as a better life or a better relationship with you. If they don’t identify a problem with their way of being, they won’t be motivated to change.

It is strange that many believe they cannot control themselves, but they can control others.

It’s very rare that someone does not become better by surrounding themselves by great people. Socially. Professionally. Spiritually. It’s very common that a potentially great person is ruined by not-so-great influences.