Quotes about change

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Source: Paradoxes of Faith (1987), Ch. IX. "Truth", p. 105

Source: Parable of the Sower (1993), p. 57

[How and why we age, 1994, Ballantine Books, 177, https://books.google.com/books?id=E2pHAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=loss]

1983
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Fourth Edition (2015)

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 8, “The Green and the White” (p. 381)

Source: Green Mars (1993), Chapter 8, “Social Engineering” (p. 410)

Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 6, “Guns Under the Table” (p. 431)

Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 4, “Homesick” (p. 205)

Arkady shook his head vehemently, causing him to spin a little in the air over the table. “No, no, no, no! History is not evolution! It is a false analogy! Evolution is a matter of environment and chance, acting over millions of years. But history is a matter of environment and choice, acting within lifetimes, and sometimes within years, or months, or days! History is Lamarckian! So that if we choose to establish certain institutions on Mars, there they will be! And if we choose others, there they will be!”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 2, “The Voyage Out” (p. 88)

"Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s speech at the 4th National Conference on Environment" http://tapchimoitruong.vn/english-edition-i-2015-39/Prime-Minister-Nguy%E1%BB%85n-T%E1%BA%A5n-D%C5%A9ng%E2%80%99s-speech-at-the-4th-National-Conference-on-Environment-18093 (30 October 2015)

Source: tealswan.com/quotes

Holly looks at him blankly. Freddy says, “Jones…you’re still new here People suggest ways to improve the company every day. Their ideas go into the suggestion box in the cafeteria—where the cafeteria was, I mean—and they’re never heard from again, except during all-staff meetings when Senior Management picks out the most useless one and announces a cross-functional team to look into it. A year or two later, when everyone’s forgotten about it, we get an e-mail announcing the implementation of something that bears no resemblance to the initial idea and usually has the opposite effect, and in the annual reports this is used as evidence that the company listens and reacts to its workers. That’s what happens when you try to make Zephyr a better place to work.”
Q4/2: November, pp. 208-209
Company (2006)

Eumeswil (1977)

The Glass Bees (1957)

On Pain (1934)

2020, December 2020

Source: Farnham's Freehold (1964), Chapter 14 (p. 196)

"Chechnya: Maskhadov speaks out on peace talks, resistance and recent explosions" in Relief Web https://reliefweb.int/report/russian-federation/chechnya-maskhadov-speaks-out-peace-talks-resistance-and-recent-explosions (2 June 2003)

Quoted in Mother Reader by Moyra Davey (Seven Stories Press, 2011), p. xvii
A Frozen Woman (1981)

I Am the Only Being (1836)

No Coward Soul Is Mine (1846)

"Into My Own", st. 4 (1913)
General sources

#book and writer

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/27/elec04.prez.dean.transcript/

Source: oranges are not the only fruit

Source: The Shack

Original: Affrontare il dolore, provoca un cambiamento emotivo di resistenza, forza e coraggio, nel percorso esistenziale di ogni essere vivente.
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Original: Potrete indossare infinite maschere, assumere atteggiamenti diversi e cambiare il vostro linguaggio abituale, ma rimarrete sempre, inevitabilmente, solo ciò che dimostrate di essere.
Source: prevale.net

Original: Osate rischiare. A volte un passo cambia tutto.
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Original: Ogni cambiamento è una scelta. Ed ogni scelta sarà il risultato di ciò che avrete deciso di volere.
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#quote #advice #influence

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

Original: La vita può cambiarmi le domande che vuole. Tu sarai sempre le mie risposte.
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Original: Quando vi sembrerà di non farcela, continuate a creare, a scrivere, a suonare, a vivere, ad essere veri: sceglietevi. Questo, cambierà tutto.
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Original: La bellezza dell'esistenza non si limita mai alla giovinezza, ma si evolve con il tempo, riflettendo esperienze, maturità e crescita. Saper cogliere il lato positivo di ogni fase significa non temere il cambiamento, ma viverlo.
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Original: Ogni giorno, il vero segreto non è cambiare il mondo, ma dominare i propri pensieri e comportamenti. Scegliere come reagire di fronte alle difficoltà, trasformando gli ostacoli in opportunità.
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This quote challenges the "hacks" and "grindset" culture. It argues that success isn't about scrambling for a quick financial exit; it’s about a total internal reset.

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### The Breakdown

* **The Tactical Trap:** Searching for "strategic means to escape poverty" is purely defensive. If you only focus on survival tactics (like a side hustle or a better resume) without changing your mindset, you are just running faster on a treadmill. You are still letting poverty dictate your life.
* **The Philosophical Pivot:** Success requires upgrading your internal operating system. You must shift from a *scarcity mindset* ("How do I survive today?") to a *leverage mindset* ("What can I build for tomorrow?").
* **Direction Over Velocity:** Speed means nothing if you are facing the wrong way. When you stop running *away* from poverty and start walking *toward* a specific vision, your daily decisions naturally shift from desperate reactions to calculated actions.

> **The Bottom Line:** You cannot build a wealthy life using a poverty blueprint. Tactics change what you *do*, but philosophy changes who you *are*—and that is the only permanent escape hatch.

Source: La sociedad que olvidó a sus profesores. Por José Baroja. (2026, 13 junio). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/la-sociedad-que-olvido-a-sus-profesores-por-jose-baroja.html

Original: Il vero non cambia tono per piacere a tutti. Il falso sì.
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