“We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess
Source: Clockwork Princess
“Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.”
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
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Václav Havel book Disturbing the Peace
Source: Disturbing the Peace (1986), Ch. 1 : Growing Up "Outside", p. 11
“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”
Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) American psychologist
As quoted in Life In the Open Sea (1972) by William M. Stephens, p. 21.
1970s and later
“When study becomes labor, we had better change the subject-matter as quickly as possible.”
Henry S. Haskins (1875–1957)
Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 35
“Times will change for the better when you change.”
Maxwell Maltz (1889–1975) Plastic surgeon, self-help author
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters
Les Loix du Mouvement et du Repos, déduites d'un Principe Métaphysique (1746)
Harriet Harman (1950) British politician
Comments regarding Gordon Brown, On BBC Radio 4's Today programme http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6469293.stm, 20 March, 2007.
“Things changed, and they didn’t change back. But sometimes they got better.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 51 (p. 519)
“If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
Source: Song Man in the Mirror
Context: I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change