Change Quotes - Page 24

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.

By thinking about your goals every morning, many times during the day, and every night, you begin moving toward it, and bringing it toward you.

Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

The universe is not in a steady state; there's an ongoing creative principle in nature, which is driving things onwards.

Climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by agreement or by emotional appeal.

When we think of failure; failure will be ours. If we remain undecided nothing will ever change. All we need to do is want to achieve something great and then simply to do it. Never think of failure, for what we think, will come about.

Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

I'm very interested in buildings that adapt to changes in climatic conditions according to the seasons, buildings capable of responding to our physical and psychological needs in the way that clothing does. We don't turn on the air-conditioning as we walk through the streets in high summer. Instead, we change the character of the clothing by which we are protected. Layering and changeability: this is the key.

Remain true to yourself and your philosophy. Changing in the face of adversity will in fact diminish your credibility with your customers.

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.

I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do.

When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn't exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.

I want a change, and a radical change. I want a change from an acquisitive society to a functional society, from a society of go-getters to a society of go-givers.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.