Quotes about change

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“The most unbending thoughts are the most vulnerable to change.”

“People have changed the climate of the world. Now they’re waiting for the old days to come back’.”

“Age-related sensory changes can be traced to degeneration in some of the cells and cell products that compose the sense organ itself.”

“To change the world, we have to change ourselves-even sometimes out most cherished, block-hard convictions. I must confess I hate the thought of this. Change don't come easy. For anyone. But this state of war we live in, this world on fire, provides us with no other choice.”

“A change in the form of government, why should that make a difference in the way he lived?”

“If enough data points trouble the theory, the theory may be wrong. If the theory is basic, the paradigm may have to change.”

“In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing.”

“So life adapts to conditions. And at the same time, conditions are changed by life. That is one of the definitions of life: organism and environment change together in a reciprocal arrangement, as they are two manifestations of an ecology, two parts of a whole.”

“Being on Mars will change us in an evolutionary way.”

“Environmental protection is both the objective and the basic content of sustainable development. Nowadays, climate change, environmental pollution, energy security, water security... have become global problems, but no one country can deal with them alone.”

“The desire to be loved exactly as we are can get in the way of self-development, personal expansion and prevent us from making necessary changes that would make our relationships and life better.”

“What if we could make the company better? If we could change things…make it a better place to work. I mean, there are so many things we could do.”

“The partisan wants to change the law, the criminal break it; the anarch wants neither. He is not for or against the law. While not acknowledging the law, he does try to recognize it like the laws of nature, and he adjusts accordingly.”

“We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being. We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we always walk within our boundaries, within the marked-off circle.”

“Man's relation to pain changes with every significant shift in fundamental belief. This relation is in no way set; rather, it eludes our knowledge, and yet is the best benchmark by which to discern a race.”

“Nothing can exist without ceasing to exist as the present exists only once in a lifetime.
The essence of life is the eternity of change experienced, perceived and affected by and from the consciousness of matter transpiring from the energy of life’s creations directed towards its true love(desires)”

“I also don’t think we should get too far ahead ourselves on dealing with police reform in that, because they’ve already labeled us as being ‘defund the police’ anything we put forward in terms of the organizational structure to change policing — which I promise you, will occur.”

“The concept of change baffled them.”

“We are well-prepared for this summer and autumn. And in view of the mood among our fighters, I can tell you that the situation will undergo a radical change. After the referendum, the activities of the resistance units sharply increased.”

“A wise man can never be disappointed of whatever happens. It is only a change that makes things good and bad. And life is meant for change every second to keep the standard of existence.”

“Refuse to be a subject of ignorance people. Do what can change their minds for good. Because, in the champions of them, lies no comfort of humanity.”

“I can no longer think of any way to change my life except by having a baby. I will never sink lower than that.”

“I am the only being whose doom
No tongue would ask no eye would mourn
I never caused a thought of gloom
A smile of joy since I was born
In secret pleasure — secret tears
This changeful life has slipped away
As friendless after eighteen years
As lone as on my natal day”

“With wide-embracing love
Thy Spirit animates eternal years,
Pervades and broods above,
Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates, and rears.

Though earth and moon were gone,
And suns and universes ceased to be,
And Thou wert left alone,
Every existence would exist in Thee.

There is not room for Death,
Nor atom that his might could render void:
Thou — Thou art Being and Breath,
And what Thou art may never be destroyed.”

“I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.

They would not find me changed from him they knew —
Only more sure of all I thought was true.”

“A good book changing lives. A good writer inspires.”

“And the reason we're going to win the nomination is because of you. Because soon or later, all Americans are going to learn what you've already learned; that the biggest lie told by people like me to people like you at election time is that, "If you vote for me, I'm going to solve all your problems." The truth is, the power to change this country is in your hands, not mine.”

“all the inevitable dying that comes with change. theres no choice that doesnt mean a loss.”

“Truth is not a pain killer. This means that truth might bring the experience of relief, or it might bring the experience of pain. But either way, it holds within it the power of positive change.”

“Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will ever be the same again.”

“Facing pain causes an emotional change of resistance, strength and courage in the existential pathway of every living being.”

“If people would understand that what we are calling mental illness is really just adaptive strategies for mitigating unsafety, it would completely change the approach we take with regards to mental illness.”

“The Spirit Knows. The Mind is capable of Lying. The Body always tells the Truth. How we use the Mind can be Seen by the Condition and Looks of the Body. Put it altogether in order to be True to the Spirit…. this requires the practice of the Sacred Art of Eating, for Creation is FOOD and what EATS. It resonates to Creator's One Law, CHANGE. Moreover, we are Creation in the Human Form.”

“We are Creation in the Human Form. In other words…. our Body is the Church of God. Therefore the Kitchen must also be respected as a Temple, because the FOOD that’s prepared in it enters our Body, which becomes the BLOOD that in turn must Serve our greater Being. As such we can Change the World from WITHIN.”

“People rarely change and if they do, they are not to be trusted.”

“Life unfolds in very unique and mysterious ways. We are made by the actions we take or the inactions that solidifies with our environment to bring about a choice for us to take action or inaction and this cycle repeats and repeats to bring us to this point we are in time. When all of our individual actions accumulate this brings about a great change to our environment which in turn changes us as it slowly evolves.
When you contemplate this simple
concept further you realise at one point we have the ability to change our environment and at another point we can't help but be changed by our environment; our environment defines us as people and as people we shape our environment but as all great things we are limited by our very own environment but we still have the capacity of changing said environment, Here my friends is a paradox of life.”

“Nothing is permanent. Don't stress yourself too much, because no matter how bad the situation is … It will change.
-Engr. Abah Sule”

“A1 + EN FALK " LIFE LESSONSFROM ENGR. ABAH SULE " 1.1 Think he knows the best …, And stop controlling what is not yours to control. GW 2. Don't pray for bigger pray for better!!.. And have a sense of peace to go along with the plans and ideas you believe he has given you!!!. 3. The real test of faith comes when [ nothing you have tried has work the lord speak a word to you that seen to make no sense but I assure you doubt your doubts but never doubt God for one word from him can change everything. 4. For as long as you have your greatest gift of all [ life ] then you should give your own gift to the maker because you haven't loose anything for the people you need are still around. 5. If you abide you will automatically abound cause he will involve you in one thing to teach you another. 6. To think ahead first focus on the present cause the level of our risk determines how far we can go in life sometimes many people in life want you to fail not because you're ahead of them but because you're drawn closer to your maker. www. theabahsulereadingclub. org.”

“No matter the law of change; some things never change.”

“Love should never demand that someone change against their will. The sincerity of love should come from an awareness of the noble values of sacrifice and hope to create harmony and happiness together.”

“Empower the useless people who do not know how to empower themselves. That is the beginning of change and progress.”

“Regret is only necessary as the only way to change us into a better person.”

“Regret without change is just nonsense.”

“Love needs no explanation, of course. There's nothing to explain. About love or longing. The thoughts that accompany our feelings. It's been there for a long time. Ever since it first came to say hello and then declared itself.

It's not something strange, not easily understood. It's like the togetherness we share today. Sit and chat with friends. Enjoying time and joking. Playing old songs, from The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monro and Elvis Presley.

We're not too old to go back to those days. Revisiting the stories of the past. Talking about paintings from Sudjojono or Affandi to Dede Eri Supria and Lucia Hartini. Arguing who is greater; Chairil, Sapardi or Sutardji?

We put aside the issues of political depravity and the news of leadership succession that is not what the public expects. Let time resolve everything. Better to talk about climate change, which is sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny. Or the heat that does not hesitate to burn your head until it reaches 37° while in other places heavy rains cause floods everywhere. We will never know, until the wind takes us back from the past.”

“You will be able to wear infinite masks, take on different attitudes and change your usual language, but you will always remain, inevitably, only what you prove yourself to be.”

“Your desires do not control you any more than a compass can control you. But ignoring, denying or trying to change a compass to say what you would rather it say, tends to have drastic consequences.”

“Dare to take risks. Sometimes one step changes everything.”

“Every change is a choice. And every choice will be the result of what you will have decided you want.”

“A good quote, like good advice. But it means nothing until it can influence and change people.”

“Only difficulties, obstacles and challenges will force you to keep moving. Keep changing and stay alert, because there are so many dangers out there.”

“Does literature change social reality? Perhaps not. But it reveals it, brings it into the conversation—which is no small thing. It puts it in tension with reality itself. It strips it of its masks. It takes away the official discourse, or at least makes it squirm.”

“Life can change the questions it wants. You will always be my answers.”

“When you feel like you can't do it, keep creating, keep writing, keep playing, keep living, be real: choose yourself. That will change everything.”

“The beauty of existence is never limited to youth, but evolves with time, reflecting experiences, maturity and growth. Knowing how to grasp the positive side of each phase means not to fear change, but to live it.”