Quotes about change
change wisdom men
The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. William Blake
change changed has-beens
To have been always what I am - and so changed from what I was. Samuel Beckett
change beautiful ocean
My apartment complex has a pool. I love it out here. The mountains are beautiful. It's totally different from the place I used to live. I like the heat - the only thing I would change is have the ocean, or a big body of water close by. Ryan Sypek
change growth religion
We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die. W. H. Auden
change moving moments
Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. W. H. Murray
change suffering world
In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at our disposal, to eliminate suffering. Kofi Annan
change teacher flower
It is not easy for a man to be as great as a mountain or a forest. But that is why the creator gave them to us as teachers. Now that I am old I Iook once more toward them for lessons, instead of trying to understand the ways of men. They tell me to be patient. They tell me I cannot change what is, I can only hope to change what will become. Let the grasses grow over our scars, they say, and let flowers bloom over our wounds. Kent Nerburn
change past years
Marygreen did not change in sixteen years. It had changed little enough in the past two years. Kathleen Winsor
change fashion believe
When you think of the blur of all the brands that are out there, the ones you believe in and the ones you remember, like Chanel and Armani, are the ones that stand for something. Fashion is about establishing an image that consumers can adapt to their own individuality. And it's an image that can change, that can evolve. It doesn't reinvent itself every two years. Ralph Lauren
change people important
People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important Rajeev Shukla
change law secret
Motion or change, and identity or rest, are the first and second secrets of nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of her laws may be written on the thumbnail, or the signet of a ring. Ralph Waldo Emerson
change anchors secret
The secret of the illusoriness is in the necessity of a succession of moods or objects. Gladly we would anchor, but the anchorageis quicksand.
change rivers gold
An orchard, good tillage, good grounds, seem a fixture, like a gold mine, or a river, to a citizen; but to a large farmer, not much more fixed than the state of the crop.
change nature giving
The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history: the use of the outer creation, to give us language for the beings and changes of the inward creation.
change nature animal
All things are flowing, even those that seem immovable. The adamant is always passing into smoke. The plants imbibe the materialswhich they want from the air and the ground. They burn, that is, exhale and decompose their own bodies into the air and earth again. The animal burns, or undergoes the like perpetual consumption. The earth burns, the mountains burn and decompose, slower, but incessantly.
change hope self-esteem
People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
change character angel
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
change world way
The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world.
change light gasoline
Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward. Scilla Elworthy
change humor character
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. Lin Yutang
change business live-life
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better. Lee Iacocca
change positive uplifting
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
change ocean sea
Without sounding too grandiose, the survival of the planet itself is at stake, you have rising sea levels, acidification of the oceans, immigration sparked by climate change, droughts that are much more severe. Laurent Fabius
change people delight
You change people by delight, by pleasure. Thomas Aquinas
change sports running
One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense, you can always go that extra step, i don't think any of us have the realistic goal of having the perfect run. Ski racing is the most variable sport out there, conditions change run-to-run, we only get one chance at it and the margin for error is tiny. Ted Ligety
change nature spring
The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature. We are not built like a ship to be tossed, but like a house to stand.
change busy hours
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
change
We change whether we like it or not.
change technology reality
Technological change defines the horizon of our material world as it shapes the limiting conditions of what is possible and what is barely imaginable. It erodesassumptions about the nature of our reality, the "pattern" in which we dwell, and lays open new choices. Shoshana Zuboff
change suffering management
Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. Shunryu Suzuki
change perfect worry
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
change sex issues
We need to be very careful when considering whether or not to change the constitution to accept same-sex marriage as this issue touches on the fundamentals of how we live. Shinzo Abe
change country thinking
Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when I visit Silicon Valley I want to think about how we can take Silicon Valley's ways and make them work in Japan.