Quotes About Change

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.

you can't say civilization dont advance, in every war they kill you in a new way

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

I'll bet you the time ain't far off when a woman won't know any more than a man.

Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was.

Even if you are on the right track, but just sit there, you will still get run over.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

When you find youself in a hole - stop digging.

Things aren't what they used to be and probably never were.

We can get hot and bothered quicker over nothing, and cool off faster than any nation in the world.

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.

The present generation doesn't know what a milestone is. They go so fast nowadays that miles mean nothing.

We all owe everyone for everything that happens in our lives. But it's not owing like a debt to one person--it's really that we owe everyone for everything. Our whole lives can change in an instant--so each person that keeps that from happening, no matter how small a role they play, is also responsible for all of it. Just by giving friendship and love, you keep the people around you from giving up--and each expression of friendship or love may be the one that makes all the difference.

Kabat-Zinn writes, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Were you sad to leave Cambridge?" I asked her. She was, she said. Very sad. But she was also looking forward to being back in New York. "The world is complicated," she added. "You don't have to have one emotion at a time.

I become influenced while I'm reading. I'm not the same reader when I finish a book as I was when I started. Brains are tangles of pathways, and reading creates new ones. Every book changes your life.

It was the women of afghanistan,my mother believed,who-once they'd been granted access to books and education- would be the salvation of the country

2. People who promise things that they never give are like clouds and wind that bring no rain: do not be misled by promises. 3. Your vote is your power: use it to make a difference to your life and your country.

a pamphlet that she'd been handed when she was visiting an African country where people were able to vote freely for the first time. The pamphlet was called The Ten Commandments for Voters,

I'm not the same reader when I finish a book as I was when I started. Brains are tangles of pathways, and reading creates new ones. Every book changes your life. So I like to ask; How is this book changing mine?

Mom had always taught all of us to examine decisions by reversibility—that is, to hedge our bets. When you couldn't decide between two things, she suggested you choose the one that allowed you to change course if necessary. Not the road less traveled

Really, whenever you read something wonderful, it changes your life, even if you aren't aware of it.

Kabat-Zinn writes, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." OBAMA