If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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Angelou reduces a situation to its only two honest options. Either the circumstance is within your reach, in which case complaint is a substitute for action — or it is not, in which case your response becomes the only remaining variable.
What makes the line useful rather than glib is the second clause. It concedes that some things genuinely cannot be changed, and refuses to treat that as defeat. Adjusting your attitude is not resignation; it is the decision to stop spending energy where it produces nothing.