Quotes About Change

All we are given is possibilities— to make ourselves one thing or another. JOSÉ ORTEGA Y GASSET  

But I didn't say any of that. I did a complete turnaround.

parents in the group were as unprepared as I for the antagonism between their children. Even now, years later, as I sit here leading my first workshop on sibling rivalry, I realize how little has changed. People can't

All we are given is possibilities— to make ourselves one thing or another.

The challenge for us is to find some response that actually inspires change rather than clinging to the old ways that cause resentment, and more importantly, distract from the real problem.

She needs to make one phone call, and she wishes she could make it into her past. Into last year. Or two years ago.

Individuals who continually play it safe in life, taking the path of least resistance and risk, deny themselves rich opportunities for personal growth. Some

You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent. I'm afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim. You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.

keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as oportunity.

The future belongs to you. Should anyone insult you, tell yourself this: I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.

Keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as opportunity.

If anything is clear, it is that a rigid, unchanging way is wrong.

Furthermore, while stress is likely (particularly when unremitting) to be unpleasant, it has the potential of achieving meaningful, valuable change. An equilibrium from which stress has been eliminated can be a terminal state, a condition from which all further development is likewise excluded – in short, the peace of death.

Repentance does not bring a sense of serenity or of completion but stimulates a reaching out in further effort.

Normally, routine is the common element of daily life everywhere, the element that prevents man from reexamining his circumstances, because human beings are creatures of habit. People become accustomed to, and learn to live with, not only good things but also those that are – even in their own eyes – undesirable.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about.

I begin with the young. We older ones are used up but my magnificent youngsters! Are there finer ones anywhere in the world? Look at all these men and boys! What material! With you and I, we can make a new world.