Famous Quotes

"The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country."

Imelda Marcos on Change

More quotes about Change

• "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

  Maya Angelou on Change

• "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Change

• "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

  Reinhold Niebuhr on Change

• "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

  Barack Obama on Change

• "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Change

More quotes by Imelda Marcos

• "I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude."

• "People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?"

• "I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life."

• "Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums."

• "Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty."