Change
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
Metamorphosis has always been the greatest symbol of change for poets and artists. Imagine that you could be a caterpillar one moment and a butterfly the next.
There is nothing permanent except change.
Music can change the world because it can change people.
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.
Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if one practices something consistently for 31 days, on the 32nd day it does become a habit. Information has been internalised into behavioural change, which is called transformation.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores of executive and judicial appointments on the list of matters that the world's greatest deliberative body is incapable of addressing.
We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
What is Apple, after all? Apple is about people who think 'outside the box', people who want to use computers to help them change the world, to help them create things that make a difference, and not just to get a job done.
There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives.
The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.