Quotes About Change

I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter's tough, but spring's coming. I believe that there's a growing season. And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better.

"Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there's not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago."

"Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else."

I live in Canada in the summer and some time in the fall.

In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed the civil rights bill that summer; my cousins were so happy because now they could swim in the pool.

'Boys of Summer,' to me, is like the end of the summer, man. That heartbreaking feeling where you have to go back to school, your summer love is coming to an end, and the leaves are changing. That was always such an emotional time for me as a kid, because I loved summer so much.

I suppose that there are many novels that are set during the summer because it's a lonely time of year. Friends come and go, comfort comes and goes, which makes it a perfect time of year to indulge in melancholia.

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.

Thank God that the people that run this world are not smart enough to keep running it forever. You know, everybody gets a handle on it for a little while.

Journalism isn't about how smart you are. It's not about where you're from. It's not about who you know or how clever your questions are. And thank God for that. It's about your ability to embrace change and uncertainty. It's about being fearless personally and professionally.

When we don't allow others to suffer the consequences of their actions we cripple them emotionally. We deprive them of the ability to learn from their mistakes. We also take away their ability to overcome their problems and change their life for the better.

The process of love sometimes means unexpected detours.

Most people want to be circled by safety, not by the unexpected. The unexpected can take you out. But the unexpected can also take you over and change you life. Put a heart in your body where a stone used to be.

All my friends are getting married. I guess I'm just at that age where people give up.

Marriage is like a deck of cards. All you need in the beginning is two hearts and a diamond. After 10 years you need a club and spade.

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.

Change always comes bearing gifts.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever.

Always believe you can change the world – even if it's only a tiny bit, because every tiny bit needed someone who changed it.

Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength.

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.