Change Quotes

They did what soldiers always do. They improvised.

~ Geoffrey Norman

I fail to find even one Netaji among the several thousand Netas of today. India needs our sacrifices once more and my entire life is and will remain dedicated to the service of my country.

~ Sharad Vivek Sagar

Companies that cannot successfully answer what they do fail to then understand how they can continue to do it in the face of change.

~ David Amerland

Life is all about change. If it were static, think about how boring it would be. You can't be afraid of it, and you can't worry that you'll mess things up.

~ Ellen Hopkins

The truth is, we tend to train people how we want to be treated. If others know you have wishy-washy boundaries then they are free to walk all over you; the results…you become a doormat. We have actually trained others to do this when we will allow people to wipe their muddy feet on us. After all, we are doormats.

~ David W. Earle

Acceptance is the most beautiful word in any language; this beautiful concept can only exist when you allow other people to be who they are and do not imprison them with your definition of what is right, proper, correct, or other limiting criteria. Decreasing the black and white in your thinking allows for an expansive area of gray, allowing you to live your life and others to live there life. Acceptance sets us all free! This simple change of thought creates a wonderful space for happiness to thrive.

~ David W. Earle

Being able to say, “No,” is a necessary ingredient in a healthy lifestyle.

~ David W. Earle

Everyone needs a place to be honest.

~ David W. Earle

Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.

~ David W. Earle

Reflecting on this, Albert LaChance recognized an opportunity—what if the work he and so many others found so fruitful in the 12-Step recovery programs could be expanded to an ecological, a global, or even a cosmic level?

~ Albert J. Lachance

Change is threatening to the status quo.

~ David W. Earle

Acceptance” is the most beautiful word in the English language.

~ David W. Earle

Why would God create a defective product? Why would a God who gave me free will require any certain belief? Why would a God powerful enough to create the universe need me to justify His existence? Why would He want me seeking favor with Him to manipulate my entrance to some afterlife?

~ David W. Earle

Our minds have a great capacity for deception. This does not mean we are necessarily dishonest but if we are not careful, when our brains do not have answers, our minds will create them.

~ David W. Earle

Like an empty bucket, my soul rings hollow when empty vibrates with emptiness … hollow sound of loneliness. Every cell in my body does not want to be alone.My loneliness is frightening …an all consuming thought.

~ David W. Earle

Only then can I fly.Only then can I be free -when Ilet go of me.

~ David W. Earle

This wonderful gray of acceptance resides between the extremes of black and white thinking; looking for serenity, explore the gray. Part of that acceptance is understanding that life is hard and involves life and death. Part of that acceptance is that I am responsible for my actions.

~ David W. Earle

Is God like the Greek god, Zeus, sending down lightning bolts to cause catastrophic events? Does God decree when tragic or untimely deaths occur? Does God have a list and when your time is up, you die? Is it “God’s will” these events happen? On the other hand, do tragic events happen because of laws of nature or the law of averages?

~ David W. Earle

Twirling round ‘n round -faster and faster …she dreams this circular motionwill take her home, high in the heavens where hurt is onlyan earthly world.

~ David W. Earle

Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don’t have a backup plan for living. Live today. […] Trust in God. Believe in yourself. Get friends and family members to stand behind you. That’s the only backup you’ll need.

~ Jenni Schaefer

I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!

~ Ramana Pemmaraju

One man can change the world, look at Adolf Hitler.

~ Mary Sage Nguyen

If we elect the same corrupt politicians every time, that's a very clear message that we don't want a change.

~ Sukant Ratnakar

You can go from seeking to seeker when you stop bouncing. Set a plan for change and take the risks you need to take without worrying about failing.

~ Andrea Goeglein

Wake up! Wake up! Soon the person you believe you are will die - so now, wake up and be content with this knowledge: there is no need to search; achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all ONE, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor, and change. There is no problem, never was, and never will be. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life; just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are for more than you imagine. you are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else too! It's all the marvelous Play of God. Wake up, regain your humor. Don't worry, just be happy. You are already free!

~ Dan Millman

I use to worry about how hard it would be to stay the same. So I changed. Then I worried about how hard it would be to change. So, I stayed the same. Somewhere between staying the same and changing and changing and staying the same I’ve realized that worrying doesn’t change anything.

~ Kimberley Alecia Smith

If you would stop worrying about things you don’t control and release what God has put into you, you will change everything around you.

~ Steve Maraboli

things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one, of those times, Hem. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we.

~ Spencer Johnson

To change yourself, let go of what you are and accept what you want to be.

~ Debasish Mridha

For the first time, I understand that, as much as one might desire change, one has to be willing to take a risk, to free-fall, to fail, and that you've got to let go of the past.

~ A.m. Homes

It’s all a risk. Always. That’s not true, actually. The only exception: it’s a certainty that there’s risk. The safer you play your plans for the future, the riskier it actually is. That’s because the world is certainly, definitely, and more than possibly changing.

~ Seth Godin

That small difference made all the difference.

~ Johnny Rich

It's just that the chaos has changed shape. The giraffe and the bear have traded hats, and the bear's switched scarves with the zebra.

~ Haruki Murakami

Codependency is a learned set of behaviors, thought processes, and habits. When combined together, they fit a very loose definition. All people exhibit these traits to some degree, but some of us allow them to dictate our relationships with others and ourselves.

~ David W. Earle

With improved coping skills forged through my midlife crisis, I now listen first and do not control, and I allow these now adult children to come to their own conclusions about what they want for their lives.

~ David W. Earle

Change must Needed.

~ Savan Solanki

When you feel deep change in your heart, you must understand that there is a lack of an old and righteous company.

~ Moazzam Shaikh

Winners aren't those who lose the least, but rather those who learn the most from their losses on their way to victory.

~ Orrin Woodward

Barriers were being torn down. Where Freddie Mercury was trying to keep his homosexuality from the front pages, Boy George was openly & outrageously gay.

~ Pete Townshend

Love the moment for its simplicity, it may give or take nothing from you, but in the blinking of an eye it will have change so many things forever.

~ Steven Redhead