Positive Change Quotes - Page 3

• When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to life in a stationary one, and do without change

  George Bernard Shaw

  Change, People, Age

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• Everyone who has ever overcome hardship or adversity has done so in large part because he or she has chosen, consciously or unconsciously, to "let go" of their past hardship and pain by embracing, what I call, a Miracle Angle - a way of seeing their circumstances that allowed them to transform their circumstances into a spark for positive change.

  Rod Stryker

  Letting Go, Pain, Yoga

  "Let Go and Find Your Miracle Angle" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 24, 2012.

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• We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and capitalism combine to make Silicon Valley the potential epicenter of vast positive change.

  Justin Rosenstein

  Technology, Opportunity, Community

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• Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for hard-and-fast rules or white-knuckle determination. Keep leaning forward into the positive changes you are making, and then apply that same gentleness to your family and community.

  Kathy Freston

  Determination, Character, White

  "Interview: Kathy Freston on Going – and STAYING – Vegan!". Interview with Emma Larocque, www.veganmainstream.com. August 8, 2012.

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• I think the policies, for the most part, that [Hillary Clinton] will put in place are not going to make positive changes. There'll be more status quo. She'll certainly be good for some groups of people. Whatever.

  David Cross

  Thinking, People, Groups

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Believe you can and you're halfway there.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids.

  Johnny Weir

  Mean, Kids, Thinking

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• This book [Desperate Marriages ] is really a book on how to be a positive change agent in a very, very difficult marriage. I am not promising that all individuals will be responsive to the approach I take, but I do believe that many marriages could be saved... could be healed. That is my hope.

  Gary Chapman

  Believe, Book, Agents

  Source: www.crosswalk.com

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• Embracing uniqueness and showcasing the beauty of our differences is what I am all about so the fact that my words and image can impact positive change is a perk of this job I never expected I would have.

  Ashley Graham

  Jobs, Impact, Differences

  Source: site.people.com

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• I think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.

  John F. Kerry

  Thinking, Law, Order

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• The Black Lives Matter movement, the various Occupy movements in Spain and the rest of Europe, in this country, and elsewhere serve as an example of what can be done, and how strong the voices for positive change and truly democratic progress can be.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Country, Strong, Europe

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.

  Thomas Friedman

  Done, Optimist, Changes In History

  "Thomas Friedman: Hope for a hot, flat and crowded world". Interview with Elizabeth Kolbert, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2008.

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• Innovation is significant positive change.

  Scott Berkun

  Innovation, Significant

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• All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• In Christ, it's never too late, you're never too old... it's never "too anything" for Him to work positive change in your life.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christian, Jesus, Too Late

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• Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.

  Robin Lim

  Mother, Baby, Believe

  "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Buddhist, Morning, Spring

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• In 'Birth,' I explore the nature of the new world we are approaching with my business-spiritual model, a new model for a new world. This view will enable individuals, companies and even nations to move from collapse to positive change, and bring together the spiritual and the material, giving birth to a new future.

  Shari Arison

  Spiritual, Moving, Views

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• The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.

  William J. Clinton

  Change, Inspiring, Life Changing

  Clinton, William J. (1994). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993”, p.167, Best Books on

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• If you take a single step toward positive change, that divine energy will take a hundred steps toward you. New worlds and unbelievable possibilities will open up for you. The synchronicities that will begin appearing in your life will become a source of delight and amazement.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Delight, World, Steps

  Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D. (2009). “Inner Peace for Busy People (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.346, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• What positive change? Why didn't we hear a word about all of Hillary Clinton's good works for the Clinton charitable foundation? I mean, you would think that's where it would all be.But we didn't hear about it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mean, Thinking, Foundation

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

  Shari Arison

  Men, Role Models, Balance

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• the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Wealth isn't always measured in dollar signs. We each have time, talent and creativity, all of which can be powerful forces for positive change. Share your blessings in whatever form they come and to whatever level you have been blessed.

  Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

  Powerful, Blessed, Creativity

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• To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.

  John C. Maxwell

  Change, Leader, Able

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