925 private quotes tagged change

“Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.” — Robert Mugabe

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“Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.” — Mao Zedong

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“One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.” — Niccolo Machiavelli

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“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.” — Reinhold Niebuhr

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“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.” — Doug Larson

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“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” — Flannery O'Connor

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“If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.” — Andrea Jung

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“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.” — Clint Eastwood

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“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” — Nikos Kazantzakis

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“There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.” — Harry Emerson Fosdick

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“What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.” — Havelock Ellis

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“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.” — R. D. Laing

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“Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.” — Alvin Toffler

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“Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.” — William S. Burroughs

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“Even God cannot change the past.” — Agathon

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“Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.” — Marge Piercy

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“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.” — Michelle Obama

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“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.” — William S. Burroughs

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“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” — Nathaniel Branden

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“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” — John Milton

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“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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