Change Quotes - page 39

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it. (Niels Bohr)
Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change. View quote
Ramsey Clark
O tell me, friends, while yet we part, And heart can yet be heard of heart, O tell me then, for what is it Our early plan of life we quit; From all our old intentions range, And why does all so wholly change? O tell me, friends, while yet we part! View quote
Arthur Hugh Clough
Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them. View quote
Owen Feltham
You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. View quote
Bette Davis
Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes. View quote
Chris Martin
Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they found it. On those few occasions when major change does occur, it is rarely good news. View quote
Jack McDevitt
The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism. View quote
Jack McDevitt
A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless... someone's got to make a wake up call. View quote
Warren Bennis
Fashions, being themselves begotten of the desire for change, are quick to change also. View quote
Marcel Proust
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant. We have not managed to surmount the obstacle, as we were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us round it, led us past it, and then if we turn round to gaze at the remote past, we can barely catch sight of it, so imperceptible has it become. (Marcel Proust)
I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century. View quote
Patch Adams
There are those who imagine that the unlucky accidents of life-life's "experiences"-are in some way useful to us. I wish I could find out how. I never know one of them to happen twice. They always change off and swap around and catch you on your inexperienced side. View quote
Mark Twain
If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me. View quote
Charles Mackay
Change is the nature of God's mind, and resistance to it is the source of great pain. View quote
Craig Ferguson
If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion. View quote
Elbert Hubbard
I have seen these ways of God: I know of no reason For fire and change and torture and the old returnings. View quote
Robinson Jeffers
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. View quote
Nathaniel Branden
I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society – from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world. View quote
Barack Obama
We long for unity, but are unwilling to pay the price. But of course, true unity cannot be so easily won. It starts with a change in attitudes - a broadening of our minds, and a broadening of our hearts. (Barack Obama)
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. View quote
Barack Obama
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. View quote
Leonardo da Vinci
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. View quote
Leonardo da Vinci
When I was at Tek, I was frustrated that computer hardware was being improved faster than computer software. I wanted to invent some software that was completely different, that would grow and change as it was used. That's how wiki came about. View quote
Ward Cunningham