top of page
.png){kind=small}
Change Quotes
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
16
"My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach."
16
"I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything."
16
"We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today."
16
"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."
16
"Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street."
16
"I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper."
16
"The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face."
16
"One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen."
16
"Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune."
16
"This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50."
16
"No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some."
16
"The deal we made was that if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota - that's what they wanted, the invitation - if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota, he would guarantee South Dakota 400 Citibank jobs."
16
"I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place."
16
"Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much."
16
"We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence."
16
"The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn't be so bad."
16
"It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough."
16
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
16
"Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different."
16
"There are times in life when the best part of our life and the worst part seemingly coincide, especially those periods that demark commencement of significant personal transformation."
16
"The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time."
15
"In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events."
15
"I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid."
15
"I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness."
15
"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."
15
bottom of page