Quotes About Change

Both power and influence can change the behavior of others or, more specifically, make others do something or stop them from doing it. But influence seeks to change the perception of the situation, not the situation itself.

to eradicate the vetocracy that is paralyzing the system, "political reform must first and foremost be driven by popular, grassroots mobilization.

during transitions to democracy, nations often undergo political convulsions that make them hard to govern, thus feeding nostalgia for their old authoritarian order.

that during transitions to democracy, nations often undergo political convulsions that make them hard to govern, thus feeding nostalgia for their old authoritarian order.

En pocas industrias el poder ha cambiado tan drástica y tan rápidamente como en la de la información y las comunicaciones.

los cambios que han hecho que el poder sea más fácil de obtener, más complicado de usar y más difícil de conservar.

the decay of power has significantly altered the terms of global conflict.

El poder se está degradando. En pocas palabras, el poder ya no es lo que era.

Power is spreading, and long-established, big players are increasingly being challenged by newer and smaller ones. And those who have power are more constrained in the ways they can use it.

The decay of power creates fertile soil for demagogic challengers who exploit disappointments with incumbents, promise change, and take advantage of the bewildering noise created by the proliferation of actors, voices, and proposals. The confusion created by changes that come too fast, that are too disruptive and undercut old certainties and ways of doing things—all by-products of the More, Mobility, and Mentality revolutions—offer great opportunities for leaders with bad ideas.

Juro delante de Dios, juro delante de la Patria, juro delante de mi pueblo que sobre esta moribunda Constitución haré cumplir, impulsaré las transformaciones democráticas necesarias para que la República nueva tenga una Carta Magna adecuada a los nuevos tiempos. Lo juro.

Similarly, the long-entrenched power of the major organized religions is decaying at a remarkably rapid pace.

Hay décadas en las que no pasa nada y hay semanas en las que suceden décadas» —dijo Fidel enfatizando

Las respuestas a mis preguntas siempre han ido en la misma dirección: el poder es cada vez más débil, más transitorio, más limitado.

They are stealing our sheep". So one Jesuit described the tide of change sweeping Christianity in Latin America, long a Catholic bastion. Who are "they"? The new evangelical, Pentecostalist, and charismatic Protestant churches that have sprouted across the region in the last thirty years..... But the sheep have not been stolen. The sheep aren't sheep anymore: they are consumers, and they have found a more attractive product in the market for salvation.

if the future of power lies in disruption and interference, not management and consolidation, can we expect ever to know stability again?

hard to get used to winter. The truth was, she knew she never would. For her, cold and happiness were incompatible.

less so than their predecessors.

In 1992, a US Fortune 500 CEO had a 36 percent chance of retaining his or her job for the next five years; in 1998, that chance was down to 25 percent. By 2005, the average tenure of an American CEO had dwindled to six years. And the trend is global. In 2011, 14.4 percent of CEOs of the world's 2,500 biggest listed companies left their jobs. Even in Japan, famous for its relative corporate stasis, forced succession among the heads of large corporations quadrupled in 2008.

The world will not alter for all your meddling.

CLEANTE. Spoke like a true young man. Now just calm down, And moderate your towering tantrums, will you? We live in such an age, with such a king, That violence can not advance our cause.

Ah, there are no longer any children!

We have changed all that.

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.