Change Quotes - Page 43

Don't be too quick to draw conclusions from what happens to you; simply let it happen. Otherwise it will be too easy for you to look with blame... at your past, which naturally has a share with everything that now meets you.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions.

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.

Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to universal nature? Can you take your bath without the firewood undergoing a change? Can you eat without the food undergoing a change? And can anything useful be done without change? Don't you see that for you to change is just the same, and is equally necessary for universal nature?

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all, other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you.

Be the catalyst for change. Empowering women, empowering humanity

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

Not one change of species into another is on record ... we cannot prove that a single species has been changed.

In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.

I'd love to go back to when we played as kids, but things change. And that's the way it is.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

We find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of mourning will subside, we also know that we shall remain inconsolable and will never find a substitute. No matter what may fill the gap, even if it be filled completely, it nevertheless remains something else.

People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.

Discontent is the catalyst for change.

The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men's thinking about themselves.

There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.