Quotes About Change

people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.

Ever, my grief is for me, not Lina. She's fine... happy even. You should've seen her-it was like she was headed off on her most exciting adventure yet.

Das Merkwürdigste am Sterben ist, dass sich nichts wirklich ändert

Once something is done it can't be undone. There's no rewind. No going back.

beast may be alive and well, but my heart and soul are now leading.

And this too shall pass. Though

We don't always get the journey we want. But we always get the journey we need".

In my old age, I have come to believe that love is not a noun but a verb. An action. Like water, it flows to its own current. If you were to corner it in a dam, true love is so bountiful it would flow over. Even in separation, even in death, it moves and changes. It lives within memory, in the haunting of a touch, the transience of a smell, or the nuance of a sigh. It seeks to leave a trace like a fossil in the sand, a leaf burned into baking asphalt.

The flapping of a butterfly's wings in the rain forest can alter a hurricane hundreds of miles in the distance. Isn't it amazing that something so small can change the outcome of another thing so far away?

We only have THIS moment to influence change. Only now can we make an impact, in this very moment. Let's use that wisdom to its best potential.

Ik lachte, en dat deed pijn, omdat ik op dat moment al wist dat ik het heel anders zou doen als ik mijn leven maar dertig seconden terug kon draaien. Maar je kunt je leven niet terugdraaien. Dingen die gebeurd zijn, kun je niet ongedaan maken.

Today is here yesterday is gone and tommorow never comes.

The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go through are miraculous.

Les mois passèrent. Chaque jour, le temps perdait de sa consistance. J'étais incapable de déterminer s'il s'écoulait vite ou lentement.

La lengua no engaña: largarse rima con salvarse. Si te estás muriendo, lárgate. Si estás sufriendo, muévete. No existe más ley que la del movimiento.

Don't you understand that girls die the day they begin puberty ? Worse than that, they die without disappearing.

Lei non è particolarmente sveglio, eh? Crede dunque che siano i libri 'a messaggio' a poter cambiare un individuo? Invece sono quelli che lo cambiano di meno. No, i libri che segnano e che trasformano sono gli altri, i libri di desiderio, di piacere, i libri di genio e soprattutto i libri di bellezza. [...] Non si è mai più gli stessi dopo aver letto un libro, anche se modesto.

Il ne faut rien connaître à rien pour pense que l'on peut changer quelqu'un. Les gens changent seulement si cela vient d'eux, et il est rarissime qu'ils le veuillent réellement. Neuf fois sur dix, leur désir de changement concerne les autres.

Si soy agua, ¿qué sentido tiene decirte que sí, que voy a casarme contigo? Ésa sí sería una mentira. El agua no puede retenerse. Sí, te regaré, te prodigaré con mi riqueza, te refrescaré, saciaré tu sed, pero qué sé yo lo que será el curso de mi río, nunca te bañarás dos veces en la misma novia. 

El tiempo nos aplasta

acaso no destruimos por la noche el personaje que nos creamos durante el día día y viceversa?

L'esprit ne vole pas, il se déplace sans obstacle, c'est très différent.

I always knew that adulthood didn't count; following puberty, all existence is but epilogue.

Quando un popolo rifiuta un progresso facile da raggiungere, quando un veicolo, spinto da dieci uomini, rimane inchiodato sul posto, quando un bambino si abbruttisce davanti al televisore per ore e ore, quando un'idea si cui è stata dimostrata l'inutilità continua a nuocere, allora si scopre, con stupore, lo spaventoso potere dell'immobile.