Quotes About Change

There is so much to be done, there is so much that can be done.

he slapped my father with such force that he fell down and then crawled back to his place on all fours. I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent. Only yesterday, I would have dug my nails into this criminal's flesh. Had I changed that much? So fast?

I am not so naïve as to believe that this slim volume will change the course of history or shake the conscience of the world. Books no longer have the power they once did. Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow. THE

Books no longer have the power they once did.

You don't need a weatherman—to know which way the wind blows.

Many people in the early 1960s shared a sense that things had gone horrifically wrong, without having a clear idea of how or when they would change.

If you love something, set it free. If it was meant to be, it will come back to you. But this, of course, was bullshit. If you loved something and let it go...it would (hello!) find something else to love.

Insanity used to be a stranger that lived on the other side of the world. Now it's moved next door. It's only a matter of time until it becomes shipmate, lover, self.

Concrete can rot. It turns green and black before crumbling away. Maybe only people from Congo know that.

was me against the world. But coming here to James Town has changed me. I have learned to depend on others, especially Reverend Hunt, Captain Smith, and even Richard. I have learned the importance of standing together, of cooperating. My circle has

A little leavening of dissatisfied temper will spread through a group and change outlooks.

A few clear pronouncements on one side and a few honest questions on the other had, in a matter of minutes, shown me that life was not going to be as simple, ever again, as I had thought.

Many deaths must go into us reaching that measure, many letting go's.

You have entered an abnormal, lonely, and unwelcome new world where you are nothing but an island of sadness.

A ship exists on the ocean, even if it sails out beyond the limits of our sight. The people in the ship have not vanished; they are simply moving to another shore.

Ella lo explicó diciendo: —Si yo logro que una sola persona cambie los sentimientos de odio y venganza por los de amor y compasión, entonces he sido digna de sobrevivir.

Cómo saben estos gansos cuándo es el momento de volar hacia el sol? ¿Quién les anuncia las estaciones? ¿Cómo sabemos los seres humanos cuándo es el momento de hacer otra cosa? ¿Cómo sabemos cuándo ponernos en marcha? Seguro que a nosotros nos ocurre igual que a las aves migratorias; hay una voz interior, si estamos dispuestos a escucharla, que nos dice con toda certeza cuándo adentrarnos en lo desconocido.

Dios mío, dame la serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, el valor para cambiar las que puedo cambiar, y la sabiduría para discernir entre ambas.

Dios mío, dame la serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, el valor para cambiar las que puedo cambiar, y la sabiduría para discernir entre

For the ability to answer three simple questions: 'what to change?', 'what to change to?', and 'how to cause the change?' Basically what we are asking for is the most fundamental abilities one would expect from a manager.

A new self reveals itself when the old carapace has shed and died, as though we live in exoskeletons with something truer underneath.

Everything was told! Then we could begin something new.

One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love

You'll meet someone else; there are more fish in the sea, as the saying is, than ever came out of it.