Quotes tagged ‘Change’

“By understanding and analyzing our feelings, we learn to see how emotions impact on our behavior in unexpected, counterintuitive and sometimes dangerous ways. Philosophers were the first therapists.”

— Alain de Botton, dailystoic.com

“Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.”

— Jim Rogers, amazon.com

“The moment of change is the only poem.”

— Adrienne Rich, amazon.com

“The wind merges into the wind. The light blends into the light. The dust becomes one with the dust.”

— Sri Guru Granth Sahib, sikhiwiki.org

“Those who cannot adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit.”

— Jim Rogers, amazon.com

“Our culture is fascinated with self-improvement. But I’ll let you in on a secret: It’s easier to change other people than it is to change yourself.”

— James J. Sexton, psychologytoday.com

“Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in music, even with the bigger picture like with Obama getting elected.”

— Kid Cudi, theguardian.com

“Mr. Weir: We are not robots and things do not need to change. I like how things are! I like eating the same things. You know why? Because those are the things I like! I like chicken. And I like pot roast. And, that's how I feel about you Jean. Mrs. Weir: Oh please. You like me like you like a pot ro…”

— Rebecca Kirshner, Judd Apatow, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Sam Weir, John Francis Daley, imdb.com

“The past is always with us. Where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it; all this shit matters. Like at the end of the book, ya know, boats and tides and all. It's like you can change up, right, you can say you're somebody new, you can give yourself a whole new story.”

— David Simon, D'Angelo Barksdale, Lawrence Gilliard Jr, imdb.com

“Evangelicalism is in humiliating need of reform but the thing is, it’s possible. In OUR lifetimes. All that stands between us & an astonishing work of the Holy Spirit is repentance. Quit being scared of rocking a boat that has run aground on an island of compromise. Walk on water.”

— Beth Moore, twitter.com

“We have the means to change. We really can do it. Remember the Israelites in the wilderness whose skeletons were strewn all over the desert because of their unbelief? They didn’t disbelieve what God could do. They saw wonders daily. They disbelieved what he could do through them.”

— Beth Moore, twitter.com

“Stop searching for happiness in the same place you lost it. Change is not dismantling the old, it's building the new.”

— Brianna Wiest, twitter.com

“That level of influx of multinational workers in this country has sort of confirmed how lazy as a nation we are—when individuals from across the seas are prepared to come and work twice as hard for less money. If anything, it’s a big kick up the ass for the industry, and it’s going to get back to th…”

— Gordon Ramsay, radiotimes.com

“When you’re young, it’s hard to feel as if you’re doing anything more than seeking passage within your body, and we find all kinds of ways of taking control, of trying to make the body stay. It took me a long time to learn that good tattooing, like all good art, is less about a yearning for permanen…”

— Rachel Jepsen, thecut.com

“It would be — and still is — the little home we carry with us. Marriage is not an attempt at staying the present. At least, good marriages aren’t. And neither are good tattoos.”

— Rachel Jepsen, thecut.com

“We’re all still awakening. Don’t adjust yourself to injustice & inhumanity, but do engage with hope. The work in each of us continues...”

— Be A King, twitter.com

“To students and children across the nation and world: do not allow your actions to be oppressed. Do not allow your voice to remain silent. Speak for what you believe in and shout it to the ones who try to knock you down. We are the future and we, together, are the change.”

— Adam Alhanti, twitter.com

“People shouldn’t feel crazy for thinking that we as a society could do better. If everybody with goodness in their heart got up and did something to change the world, it would be a much better place. We just need to remember that we can do it, no matter how hard it may seem.”

— Cameron Kasky, twitter.com

“The change I want to see. Must first begin with me.”

— Letitia Wright, twitter.com

“The truth is, our world is divided between those who are looking to the future and those who want to hold us back and suppress those who are different, or think for themselves. We need to unify as a community so we are strong and ready for the revolution.”

— Jinkx Monsoon, twitter.com