Change Quotes - Page 10

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

I am and always will be a catalyst for change.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

Even if you Can't Change the World, you Can Change Individuals

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees

You will not experience all life has to offer you or begin to experience life at its fullest as long as you are satisfied with mediocrity. You have to be disgusted with your current circumstances before your circumstances can change.

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.