Change Quotes - Page 35

All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

If we have not changed, we have not learned

I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can change riders. You can get a committee to study the dead horse. You can benchmark how other companies ride dead horses. You can declare that it's cheaper to feed a dead horse. You can harness several dead horses together. But after you've tried all these things, you're still going to have to dismount.

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

To be successful one must be willing to learn and apply new concepts and not be afraid of change.

If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen', but now things have changed a lot.

Change and everything will change for you.

To be successful you don't need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

If you go to Gettysburg and take the time, maybe take a tour, maybe just drive around, read some of the monuments, read some of the plaques, you will come away changed.

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

The pictures were painted directly through me, without preliminary drawings and with great power. I had no idea what the pictures would depict and still I worked quickly and surely without changing a single brush-stroke.