Change Quotes - Page 2

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

My world has changed, and so have I. I have learned to choose and I have learned to say goodbye.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

The change starts within each one of us. And ends only when all children are free to be children

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief: Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow. My pain will die. My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.