“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
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.
“In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.”
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.”
“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.”
“It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.”
“If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.”
“For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.”
“In a progressive country change is constant change is inevitable.”
“Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.”
“Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.”
“No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.”
“All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.”
“You do have to change things as warfare changes.”
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.”
“I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.”