Quotes About Change

The fact of the matter is that nothing is achieved in this world, particularly politically, other than with persistence, and persistence involves repetition and it involves argument and re-argument... The public interest in free speech is not just in truthful speech, in correct speech, in fair speech... The interest is in the debate. You see, every person who has ultimately changed the course of history has started off being unpopular.

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Once I was, yes. But now I have turned my direction away from anything that's racist.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace

Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

Embracing small personal changes can be the first step toward creating greater change in the world, and humanity at large.

That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.

Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it.

Meggie turned back to watch the children. Life was so simple for them. Their biggest worry was what they'd get for their birthdays. Their biggest grumble was the time they had to go to bed. Maybe things would be different for them…Better. Meggie forced herself to believe that things would be better for the children, otherwise what was the point of it all?" — Meggie McGregor

You're not fifteen any more. You're not the idealistic kid who thought that, deep down, somewhere, somehow, in some way, life had to be fair." — Callum McGregor

Don't hate me for wanting to change the way things are. I believe in you, Callum. You can change the world, I know you can. But not like this, I'm not trying to be magnanimous or patronizing. I genuinely want to help but...

Thoughts can creep up on you, or they can hit harder than a wrecking ball.

Life was so simple for them. Their biggest worry was what they'd get for their birthdays. Their biggest grumble was the time they had to go to bed. Maybe things would be different for them … Better. Meggie forced herself to believe that things would be better for the children, otherwise what was the point of it all?

That's just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But you don't believe them.

The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.

Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

I was thinking that there's no point living in the past. The future is the only thing that matters, and that it's what you make it.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend—or a meaningful day. Dalai Lama

Since the future's so iffy, I'll turn my attention to the past.

Wer rastet, rostet - what rests, rusts.

When one was reinventing oneself, anywhere could be home.