Change Quotes - Page 80

Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organizations' true nature is that of a community of humans.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.

How I feel about and behave toward myself is the basic determinant of most of my behavior. If I improve my self-regard, I will find that dozens of behaviors change automatically. If, for example, I increase my feelings of self-competence, I will probably be less defensive, less angered by criticism, less devastated if I do not get a raise, less anxious when I come to work, better able to make decisions, and more able to appreciate and praise other people.

Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.

Honor commerce as the engine of change.

Though things change, the future's still inside of me.

It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.

Heavenly Father loves you—each of you. That love never changes.

Choose your friends with caution. Plan your future with purpose. Frame your life with faith.

Of all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do .. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.

Let nothing disturb you, / Nothing dismay you; / All things are passing: / God never changes.

You can't change what happened.

Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future.

The first element of change is awareness. You can’t change something unless you know it exists.

Change is always in regard to something which does not change, or which changes relatively less.

All objective pleasure in the long run must bring pain, because of the fact of change or death.

Do things the ego does not like to do.

We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.

You may wonder, 'How can I leave it all behind if I am just coming back to it? How can I make a new beginning if I simply return to the old? The answer lies in the return. You will not come back to the 'same old thing. What you return to has changed because you have changed. Your perceptions will be altered. You will not incorporate into the same body, status, or world you left behind. The river has been flowing while you were gone. Now it does not look like the same river.

The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

He knew sometimes some fear can be good. When you are afraid things are going to get worse if you don't do something, it can prompt you into action. But it is not good when you are afraid that it keeps you from doing anything.

We need to be very careful when considering whether or not to change the constitution to accept same-sex marriage as this issue touches on the fundamentals of how we live.

Life is a constant process of change, for better or worse.