"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

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"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

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"It is so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."

John Green, American Author

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"Clever nations are the ones who keep changing their governments! Because power must change hands otherwise it will get spoiled and rot!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"America was never designed to be fixed forever, but was meant to be fluid and evolving."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"A personality alters itself through a series of self-referential experiences. We are not the same as the day before. Much as a person can never set foot in exactly the same river on any given day, we are different each day. Yesterday made us, but the past cannot contain nor restrain us. We can never mentally scroll backward and be who we used to be. We must move forward in the stream of life until the day that our life force dries up and we return to dust."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"We fear change because it insists we discard long held structures that no longer function suitably."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

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"To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity."

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"We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys."

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"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses."

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"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning."

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"Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube."

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"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

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"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

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"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life."

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"A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition."

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"Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have."

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