All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
Change is hard, but change is good.
If I said it once, I’ll say it again: ‘We have the power to change everything.’
Change always seems impossible until it’s inevitable.
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
To survive and even thrive in a changing world, nature offers another great lesson: the survivors are those who at the least adapt to change, or even better learn to benefit from change and grow intellectually and personally. That means careful listening and constant learning.
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything… or nothing.
The notion of superhumans is using bioengineering and artificial intelligence to upgrade human abilities. If they use the power to change themselves, to change their own minds, their own desires, then we have no idea what they will want to do.
You don’t have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life’s about change.
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
We’ll try and be very aggressive, we’ll try and speed up and change gears, and we’ll see who’s going to win.
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.
Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.
All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.
Change comes from reflection.
People cannot change their tidying habits without first changing their way of thinking.
The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.
If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
Creating an overall healthy lifestyle for yourself doesn’t require a radical diet or significant life change. In fact, it can be attained through common sense decisions about the way we eat, move, and live.
Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can’t put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You’ll never learn.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.
One thing I’m not going to do is change up anything. Like, I’m always gonna be me.
The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it’s an example of freedom from religion.
The world is not a static place. People change, evolve.
Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don’t need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change is strategy without a change in vision. Whenever entrepreneurs see a new way to achieve their vision – a way to be more successful – they have to remain nimble enough to take it.
I’m interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you’re like, ‘Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?’
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
What I learned in jail is that I can’t change. I can’t live a different lifestyle – this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made.
I don’t believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn’t change.
I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.
Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Adaptability is a great asset to have because life is so unpredictable, and things can change overnight for any of us.
If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.
It’s always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can’t change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can’t live your life based on other people’s opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you’re not living.
You can’t stay the same. If you’re a musician and a singer, you have to change, that’s the way it works.
You can’t change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.
A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
I don’t know if you can change things, but it’s a drop in the ocean.
If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.
I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.
Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation and consensus.
Yankees don’t understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is we can take a word and change it just a little bit and make it mean something altogether different.
It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don’t feel like you have it in you, it’s in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
A change of season calls for a change of scent that is both energizing and refreshing.
Money does not change people, people change.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Hey, Ryan, if Sting retires, will he change his name to Stung?
Failure doesn’t exist. It’s only a change of direction.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.
You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Our bodies and our minds have their own timing that pay little attention to our cerebral desires. We can’t force or expect things to change as fast as we want, but when we put our efforts in the direction of our intention and drop everything else like snow falling, things unfold with ease.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
