The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another.
I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.