I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.