Quotes About Change

Uno vuol passare un fiume a nuoto, e lo passa; ma tocca l'altra sponda in un punto assai più in basso, ben diverso da quello che in un primo tempo aveva pensato. Vivere non è forse molto pericoloso?

Vecchio è, quel che di già è fuorviato. Il vecchio ha avuto valore quando era nuovo...

Cacei Diadorim. Mas eu estreava umas ânsias. Como fosse, falei, do novo e do velho;

Tem coisas que não são de ruindade em si, mas danam, porque é ao caso de virarem, feito o que não é feito.

Do que de uma feita, por me valer, eu entendi o casco de uma coisa. Que, quando eu estava assim, cada de-manhã, com raiva de uma pessoa, bastava eu mudar querendo pensar em outra, para passar a ter raiva dessa outra, também, igualzinho, soflagrante.

A superstição perniciosa generalizada é que é preciso deletar o anterior, para aceitar o novo. Que pobreza, que pobreza, que pobreza, que atraso! Se a memória aceita, se o perfil confere, se a senha foi dada, roda os dois programas ao mesmo tempo, roda os três, roda os vinte, porra!

Ah, como passam as coisas deste mundo, nada do que se contrói é perene, nada do que se faz é bem lembrado além de seu tempinho, nada fica como está, nunca se volta, nunca se volta.

He certainly knew that people who are excessively sure that there's only one way and one truth, a truth entirely known to them, are dangerous. . . . To know the truth and try to impose it on others, in a world where every thing changes and is cloaked under all kinds of appearances, is a serious madness.

Ah, como passas as coisas deste mundo, nada do que se constrói é perene, nada do que se faz é bem lembrado além de seu tempinho, nada fica como está, nunca se volta, nunca se volta.?

No one sees me changing, but who sees me? I am my own hiding place.

In the world born from him, a person could now become anything.

Trees are swayed by winds, men by words.

I wish for all of you that you remain as unfinished as the shoreline along the beach and that you continue to transcend yourselves again and again.

You must not fret. There is no arriving, ever. It is all a continual becoming.

Seek out adventures, not just to reach one goal or another, but for the journey itself and the lessons each experience teaches you.... Climbing mountains or backpacking in the wilderness inevitably changes you. The person you were at the onset is not who you become when the journey is finished. That is why I am always looking for the next adventure.

The goal is for your mid-life crisis to turn into a mid-life discovery.

How have I changed? I know now that I belong right in the middle of every dilemma. The solution to my problems is not to avoid them, or to follow a scripted response. I need to have enough confidence, enough self-respect, enough bravery to meet each challenge head on and pursue an original solution.

Action is the antidote to despair.

I asked him what made us different, and he said it was simple, that I thought I could change things, and he knew that no one could.

Almost. It's a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. I'm hoping hard for that.

You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.

New places always help us look at life differently

I had expected the well to be full for some reason. Not that it had ever been before. I kept looking for signs of water in the dark insides. I heard my bucket clank as it hit Against the walls that held nothing. I look at the bucket that came up empty And made a decision that changed my life. I will keep my bucket and find another well.

Sometimes you've got to shout the truth and wake people up.