Wise and Inspirational Words Collection

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl When you are through changing, you are through. Bruce Barton When you are through changing, you are through. Bruce Barton When you blame others, you give up your power to change. Robert Anthony Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. Frank Herbert You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. Jim Rohn

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl Rogers The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl Rogers The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Alan Watts There is nothing permanent except change. Heraclitus There is nothing permanent except change. Heraclitus They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. A. C. Benson

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. Sydney J. Harris Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. Sydney J. Harris People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet. Temple Grandin People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet. Temple Grandin Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Robert Kennedy Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. Clint Eastwood Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things i...

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change. Joel Osteen My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. Jack Layton My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. Jack Layton Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. Margaret Mead One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others. Niccolo Machiavelli One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others. Niccolo Machiavelli One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. Napoleon Bonaparte One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wish...

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. Mignon McLaughlin It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. Mignon McLaughlin Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Gilda Radner Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. Marcus Aurelius Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. Marcus Aurelius Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you. Jon Bon Jovi Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you. Jon Bon Jovi Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. Will Smith Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to chur...

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. Gail Sheehy If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou If you want to make enemies, try to change something. Woodrow Wilson If you want to make enemies, try to change something. Woodrow Wilson I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people. John Lennon In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first. Jimi Hendrix In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first. Jimi Hendrix It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight ha...

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. Georg C. Lichtenberg I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. Georg C. Lichtenberg I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should. Sting I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. Stephen Hawking I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that. Gillian Anderson I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who w...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. Victor Hugo Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk. William Arthur Ward Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk. William Arthur Ward Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever. Tupac Shakur Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. Soren Kierkegaard For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. Tony Robbins For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Steve J...

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Schopenhauer Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Schopenhauer Change brings opportunity. Nido Qubein Change brings opportunity. Nido Qubein Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. Martin Luther King, Jr. Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. Denis Waitley Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. Bryant H. McGill Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. Bryant H. McGill Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Winston Churchill A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. Bruce Barton All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. Anatole France All great change in America begins at the dinner table. Ronald Reagan Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. Dean Acheson Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. Arn...