“For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.”
Change is the only constant, which does not make it any easier to deal with. These quotes explore transformation — personal, social, political — and the uncomfortable truth that growth almost always requires leaving something familiar behind.
“Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.”
“For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.”
“Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem - high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today's financial difficulties.”
“When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.”
“I learned to change my accent in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.”
“Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.”
“Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.”
“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.”
“Don't fear change - embrace it.”
“I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change.”
“I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.”
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”
“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.”
“No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.”
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
“We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change the laws.”