Change Quotes - Page 5

The Earth's health is the only standard that is all-encompassing enough to overcome the ethnic, cultural, religious, and national tensions that are rending the world asunder. Only the Earth can become the central axis around which which world peace can be spun, for no religion is more compelling, no single nation larger, and no peoples older than the Earth itself. For that to happen, the collective human consciousness must expand enough so that our highest identification is as Earth-Humans.

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

The Law of Reciprocity demonstrates that when we give something from or of ourselves, the receiving party feels an inclination to give back. And in turn, when someone does something nice for you, you naturally want to return the favor. Reciprocity begins a momentum for mutual caring and sweet reward.

If you are unhappy with your life and the state of the world, the best place to start changing things is within yourself.

With making changes, the difficult part of trying to implement a new way, idea or thought, is getting people to believe the effect of your notion, and have them believe in themselves of adapting to something new.

Every time you overcome a difficult challenge you will have a story and that story is what changes lives.

Change is possible.''Change is inevitable.

To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things. Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological. So if you want to see real change, stay persistent in educating humanity on how similar we all are than different. Don't only strive to be the change you want to see in the world, but also help all those around you see the world through commonalities of the heart so that they would want to change with you. This is how humanity will evolve to become better. This is how you can change the world. The language of the heart is mankind's main common language.

He that never changes his opinions and never corrects his mistakes will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

If not us, then who?If not now, then when?

The shrewd, like chameleons, embrace change by using it to their advantage.

in these shitty plastic days ...

To make change sustain, the important thing is “end-to-end” performance.

As I watched the sky morph shades of amber and amethyst, of fiery orange and smoldering pink, I always wondered if colors and images like these once inspired the greats before us to construct their beauty and masterpieces.

I thought the morning would bring change. But I should have known that it doesn't take that long for change to happen - it takes a second. A moment. In a single breath, reality as you know it can simply fall away.

Opportunity comes to everyone it depends on you whether you take it or leave it. Learn to take risks and play hard because at the end you'd be thankful for your struggle.

All powerful and lasting change, whether in your personal life or your business, comes from the heart, not the mind.

…move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well as individual change.

We must remember that we cannot change others, we can only change ourselves.

To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things.

A whole nation cannot rise above itself.

Don’t run after people or plead with them beseeching them to return. If they leave you they were never meant to be a part of your complete journey. However difficult you may find it initially, don’t break down. Take it as a sign from God. Perhaps they were hampering your growth, perhaps they had made you so dependent that your entire world revolved around them. You must accept this change … and move on … You need people in your life who are supposed to be there…according to your destiny. Keep your eyes open, someone better is coming along. Trust God!!!

change everyday with a positive way.

The problem will never be diversity, the challenging of tradition or the one person that questions the way life should be. The person that shows the world that this is wrong, there is a perspective you didn't consider, this is worth fighting for and being different is a blessing, will always be the solution for change.

The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one.

In a second you can change your mind, in a minute you can change your heart, in an hour you can change your life, and in a day you can change your destiny.

How can I explain to her that I just can't come home? It's too soon, it's too late; I do want to be with Helen every second of the day but at the same time I don't want to be with her at all. I want to have back what I felt at the beginning. I could no more leave her then than leave my arms or legs. How do you find the beginning, though? There are no roads or signs. You start to doubt it even exists. The hardest thing isn't deciding that I want to go back to when Helen and Gracie and I were us. The most difficult thing is finding the map to get there.

I have graduated to the extent of not asking what is happening in my life because I trust the maker(God).

Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others, he finds peace, freedom, sorrow and love.

Spiritual regeneration is a change on the inside of a person or nation as a a result of coming to Jesus, and a change of value system in his life

Navigating change is the new stability.

You can't step into the same river twice.

When you have passion, you don't need coffee.

If we can spend more time uprooting vices and rooting virtues, our world will be safer and better.

People really do not change....they exist...

Some things get lost others return. That is how it is: the way of things.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

A piece of information can change a person. I'd hate to change the way I'm supposed to live the future.

When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong which is but saying ... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

To win or lose often depends on set parameters. Expand the bounds of what is possible, and you may come out the true winner, outside the confines of its defining.

Being married or being in a close relationship is not based on how quickly you can get offended but on how you are ready to drop the offences, get over it and move ahead.

Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.

the knowledge that change can be frightening, that responsibility can, but that the answer to that is not refusing to change or to accept responsibility.

Start to change your reality today, moulding your reality to suit what you want from life.

Change forced by others is difficult to accept. And too rapid a change causes instability.

Take anything that is above you to God, lift it, bless it and release it and see what God will do.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

An airport is a potent place, a point of reunions and departures. For the traveler, it's a crossroads at the moment of decision, a flashpoint that separates intention from retreat.

I don't know how to change and I'm not sure I want to.

There is so much power in choosing to love yourself against all odds and I hope with every kind of painful experience you become more aware who you are and what you are truly capable of. Life hurts but it's also remarkabley beautiful if you look past the chaos.

The author says one of the sources of resilience is the ability to measure and perceive early warning signs so as to adapt.

They flew to avoid the horrors of land and sea, Daedalus and Icarus were for few moments free. Though the sun was Icarus' ultimate bane, we came to always remember his name. For he felt the sun's burn, a lesson Daedalus would never learn. When he found his son's corpse and looked upon his face, he saw a smile there fastened in place. He continued his life wondering what his son had seen, hoping it was worth it since his dead smile was so serene. The sun always seemed to mock him after, shining, brilliant, blinding laughter. Daedalus grew withered and haunted by light, preferring the sea's air in the depths of night. He watched lunar birds soar through the stars and away, forever regretting his decision to take flight during the day. He had lost his son to the sun in a twist of anomaly, he wondered which of them truly escaped that day, in all honesty.

Change is just the vehicle to elevate you toward the ultimate destinations.

There is nothing permanent except change.

WHEN A BIRD IS ALIVE... IT EATS ANTS....WHEN BIRD IS DEAD...ANTS EAT THE BIRD. TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES CAN CHANGE AT ANYTIME. DON'T DEVALUE OR HURT ANYONE IN LIFE. YOU MAY BE POWERFUL TODAY.' BUT REMEMBER. TIME IS MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU.!!! ONE TREE MAKES A MILLION MATCH STICKS...BUT ONLY ONE MATCH STICK NEEDED TO BURN A MILLION TREES...

Try evolving as much as you cry.

Where there are problems, there are profits.

I turn my heart to the light and receive its beauty and nourishment. I turn my heart to the shadows as they reveal hues, shades and textures that contrast the light. I turn my heart to them both and embrace their gifts, for they have graced me with blessings untold.