Quotes about change

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“You are James Herondale, said Uncle Jem. As you always were. Part your mother, part your father, part yourself. I would not change any part of you if I could.”

“When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses it's caterpillar life.”

“The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could change, and it was certainly easier to do so when you were in the midst of it.”

“It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But… We don't have to let those fears stop us. What's most important is that we try to rise above our weakness.”

“I believe in the goodness of fellow human beings. We have a true desire for greatness and genuine good intention to be helpful to others. That's enough. Change is possible.”

“He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything.”

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”

“Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.”

“Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear.”

“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug…”

“You don't have to agree with me, but I think the heart of who we are stays pretty much the same," Hope said, "What changes is how those core traits manifest themselves over time.”

“A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.”

“There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.”

“Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.”

“The future is always changing. If we had no choices, there'd be no point in living.”

“Let nothing disturb thee;
Let nothing dismay thee:
All things pass;
God never changes.”

“Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.”

“That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a single experience, and your life is changed in some way. No act, therefore, however small, should be dismissed or ignored.”

“For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.”

“How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder?”

“All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it.”

“People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t”

“Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation., and to others, like a pearl.”

“One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.”

“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.”

“Occasionally we all do wrong things from right motives. Only time can prove us right or wrong. The past is the past. Nothing can change it now, and who is to say that it was all wrong, anyway?”

“… just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.”

“The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.”

“Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects.”

“But there is one thing you must remember, if you forget all else. There is no good or evil, save in the way you see the world. There is no dark or light save in your own vision. All changes in the blink of an eyelid; yet all remains the same.”

“So long as you do no harm to another, change your opinion once in a while. Contradict yourself without being embarrassed. This is your right. It doesn't matter what others think -because that's what they will think, in any case.”

“You always think that a bolt of lightning is going to strike and your parents will magically change into the people you wish they were, or back into the people they used to be.”

“A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning to learning about yourself.”

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the patience not to strangle my mother-in-law, chop her into little pieces, and dump them down a sewer.”

“Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.”

“The present no matter what I brought couldn’t change the past. The Past was set and sealed.”

“change your brain, change your life”

“We are changed souls; we don't look at things the same way anymore. For there was a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised again.”

“Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.”

“Who gets the change?" the clerk asked. "You or… your fella?"
Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. "He's my mother.”

“History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.”

“The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven.”

“Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.”

“Must colour change?”

“A girl meets a boy, Ed, and everything changes, or so she says.”

“Nothing, nothing felt better than the way sand felt beneath my feet. It was both solid and shifting. Constant and ever-changing. It was summer.”

“Step up to red alert."
Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."
- Rimmer & Kryten, "Red Dwarf”

“Change is in the air, as old patterns fall away and new energies are emerging. Consciously release what needs to be released, and welcome with a full embrace the newness you've prayed for and so richly deserve.”

“For some time now she has had the conviction that life is about to change if only because it must….”

“If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.”

“The dream is like a river, ever changing as it flows and the dreamer just a vessel that must follow where it goes. We must lean from what's behind us never knowing what's in store keeps each day a contant battle just to stay between the shore”

“Life is like underwear, should be changed twice a day.”

“I could have. What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.”

“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.”

“Instead of agonizing about the things you can't change, why don't you try working on the things you can change”

“When someone changes your world, that's when you know he's important to you.”

“It is merely this world that is chaotic, bringing changes to us all that nobody could have anticipated.”

“Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.”

“and if we can change
things that have
already happened

if those planes can fly in
uneasy formation

if that splinter moon
can blow away the shadows

then anything,
anything at all.”

“Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature.”

“Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.”

“She said she thought there were different ways of loving someone, and there were some she used to think were the most important, and now she had changed her mind.”

“Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history.”

“I did Google him, you know."
"Oh, so you GOOGLED him Oh, well, that changes everything then, doesn't it? What could I possibly worry about now that I know you've conducted such a thorough Internet search?”

“Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross.”

“That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.”

“Before this trip and all that she'd learned about the three of them, she would have gotten angry or changed the subject. Anything to obscure the pain she felt. Now she knew better. You carried your pain with you in life. There was no outrunning it.”

“Once the others were below, Hazel and Leo faced each other awkwardly. They were alone except for Coach Hedge, who was back on the quarterdeck singing thetheme song. The coach had changed the words to:, and Leo really didn’t want to know why.”

“I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that”

“We're not the same people we were then. We've changed, we've grown.”

“That was the crux. You. Only you could work on you. Nobody could force you, and if you weren't ready, then you weren't ready, and no amount of open-armed encouragement was going to change that.”

“How will the world change if we do not question it?”

“Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.”

“A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.”

“Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.”

“We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves”

“The poets are in the vanguard of a changed conception of Being.”

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”

“You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.”

“Different time, different place,” I said. “Things can change. People can change.”

“Yossarian decided to change the subject. "Now you're changing the subject." he pointed out diplomatically. "I'll bet I can name two things to be miserable about for every one you can name to be thankful for.”

“We don't want to change. Every change is a menace to stability.”

“People change, but only if you give them room to do it.”

“If circumstances change, your decisions can change. Decisions are temporary.”

“Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works”

“It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.”

“To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.”

“9) Ethics change with technology.”

“It's good to keep changing your mind. It shows you're thinking. I'll only stop changing my mind when I'm dead. And maybe not even then.”

“The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule.”

“I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)”

“Chico: "Here's the book, it's a dollar"
Groucho: "Here's a ten, and shoot the change."
Chico: "I don't have change I'd have to give you nine more books.”

“Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.”

“Life’s like that. As we grow and change, some things we’ve experienced before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your life.”

“It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until you understand the substance you wish to change.”

“Changing is what people do when they have no options left.”

“If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you? It'll still be happening to an unchanged person.”

“It's a strange new world out there and the rules have changed: It's every princess for herself.”

“You couldn't erase the past. You couldn't even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right.”