925 private quotes tagged change

“Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.” — Edwin Louis Cole

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“I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.” — Michelle Obama

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“I am desperate for change - now - not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now.” — Michelle Obama

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“I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.” — Erica Jong

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“The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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“I don't have perfect teeth, I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything.” — Emma Watson

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“All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.” — Paul Hawken

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“Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.” — Stephen Covey

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“A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.” — Nikki Giovanni

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“The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.” — William Cowper

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“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.” — Emma Goldman

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“Today in America, we are trying to prepare students for a high tech world of constant change, but we are doing so by putting them through a school system designed in the early 20th Century that has not seen substantial change in 30 years.” — Janet Napolitano

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“No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.” — Milan Kundera

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“A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.” — Pearl S. Buck

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“So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks.” — Jose Mourinho

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“I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than.” — Mark Knopfler

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“Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.” — Tori Amos

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“A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.” — Edward de Bono

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“If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.” — Jeff Bridges

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“While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river only the landscape on either bank seems to change.” — Max Muller

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“A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.” — Ivor Novello

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“A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.” — Shunryu Suzuki

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