“Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.”
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“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure , the process is its own reward.”
“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them they change and everyone looks up to them.”
“Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.”
“Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.”
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”
“You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.”
“The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.”
“No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.”
“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.”
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”
“It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.”
“I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.”
“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
“I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.”
“I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.”
“Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.”
“Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.”
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”