Change Quotes

• Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Politics, Diapers

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• Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

  Alexander Pope

  Lasts, Firsts, Literature

  Alexander Pope (1807). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.89

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• Life is about Being & Becoming.

  Carl Rogers

  Becoming, Life Is

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• To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

  Oswald Chambers

  Faith, God, Christian

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.501, Discovery House

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• People say to me 'You've changed.' and I say 'Haven't you?' People change, it's just life.

  Jake Bugg

  Life, People, Havens

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• The change starts within each one of us. And ends only when all children are free to be children

  Craig Kielburger

  Children, Freedom, People

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• Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change.

  Rajendra K. Pachauri

  Impact, Environmental, Climate

  "Panel’s Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come". Rajendra K. Pachauri's speech at the news conference during the presentation of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Yokohama, Japan, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 2014.

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• Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

  Christine Lagarde

  Inspirational, Funny, Humorous

  "'Roasted, toasted, fried and grilled': climate-change talk from an unlikely source" by David Runnalls, www.theglobeandmail.com. February 1, 2013.

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• The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.

  C. L. R. James

  Running, Revolutionary War, Haiti

  C L R James (2001). “The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution”, p.116, Penguin UK

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• Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

  Larry H. Miller

  Motivational, Generosity, Giving

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• There is no true healing unless there is a change in outlook,
  peace of mind and inner happiness

  Edward Bach

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• The hardest part of change is going through the unknown.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Life, Inspire

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 31, 2011

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• Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

  Ai Weiwei

  Thinking, Chinese, Society

  Interview with Katie Hill, www.tate.org.uk. October 12, 2010.

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• Climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth.

  Ottmar Edenhofer

  Environmental, Climate, World

  "Climate Talks or Wealth Redistribution Talks?" by Nicolas Loris, www.dailysignal.com. November 19, 2010.

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• Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

  Cole Porter

  Funny, Humorous, Book

  "Anything Goes" (song) (1934)

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• We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.

  Brené Brown

  Psychology, Feelings, Guilt

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• Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.

  Junot Diaz

  Inspirational, Work, Anxiety

  Junot Diaz (2009). “Drown”, p.64, Faber & Faber

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• Change means movement. Movement means friction.

  Saul Alinsky

  Mean, Vacuums, Movement

  Saul Alinsky (2010). “Reveille for Radicals”, p.224, Vintage

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• The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

  Armistead Maupin

  Inspirational, Life, Honesty

  "Armistead Maupin: San Francisco's chronicler calls time on his saga" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2014.

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• You never have a friend all figured out. Just when you think you know what makes them tick, they tock.

  Robert Breault

  Thinking, Tick, Tock

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  Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

  Willie Nelson

  Life, Positive, Anger

  FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Oct 29, 2013

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• Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

  Michael Manley

  Inspirational, People, Empowering

  Michael Manley (1991). “The poverty of nations: reflections on underdevelopment and the world economy”, Pluto Pr

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• Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

  Keanu Reeves

  Grief, Grieving, Sorrow

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  Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

  Tom Ford

  Life, Fashion, Real

  Interview with Daisy Garnett, nymag.com.

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