Quotes About Change

A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste and manners; he is not this minute what he was the last, and will not be the next what he is now; he is his own successor.

How many men are like trees, already strong and full grown, which are transplanted into some gardens, to the astonishment of those people who behold them in these fine spots, where they never saw them grow, and who neither know their beginning nor their progress!

Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.

Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love.

Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.

The greatest miracle of love is the reformation of a coquette.

We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.

We have no more control over the duration of our passions than we do over the duration of our life.

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

When the heart is still disturbed by the relics of a passion it is proner to take up a new one than when wholly cured.

No government can remain stable in an unstable society and an unstable World.

I tried to warn her," Linda said, "but you could tell she'd gotten into it. She changed. She began hanging around with undesirable types, rough, tough people. I'd see her in bars and she always seemed to go after the street people.

Only yesterday I was full of worldly fancies, although religion had already some share in my thoughts: glory was still my daydream. Today my hopes are higher, and I covet here below nothing but obscurity and peace.

History often has a difficult time catching up to the events it records.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

I don't want to make money I want to make a difference.

And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.

Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it.

Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don't care about anymore.

Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.

But I confess that "my mind to me a kingdom is"--not! Rather it is a fantastical republic, daily troubled by more revolutions than ever occurred in South America ...

Well dressed to-day; only a langouti tomorrow. --Mauritius proverb

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist anymore.