Change Quotes

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy.

If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course

I wanted to have all the songs to be the strongest they could be and all the choruses to be catchy. One of those records you could put in your car and just drive and not have to change it.

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame.

Climate change is a global commons problem.

My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms.

I can't change the past, but I can try to make a better future for me.

I am no longer amazed by how quickly a man will justify his change of heart when a spear is leveled his way.

Whoever, however close to me you may be. Nobody can change my emotions. Even if I am sad it's my own problem, not somebody else's.

An extremely effective instrument would be to put a price on carbon. It is only through the market that you can get a large enough and rapid enough response [to climate change]

What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to constructive and peaceful purposes.

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

I don't like the kind of writer who's out to change the world and beat up on people for their own good. Stalin did that and Hitler did that, and to hell with them.

Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen bomb. All because of science fictional inventions.

No great thing happens suddenly.

Every person has their own unique circumstances to overcome, but every single person has the opportunity to achieve anything - and change everything.

I can give a beautiful present, and that may change the lives of people around me.

Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change.

I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.

Snoop is a tour de force! It’s one of the smartest and most original books I’ve come across in a long time. I devoured it and then rushed over to clean up my desk and change my iPod playlist.

The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.

A song is a song and a hit record can change a life.

Humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change.

The boundaries of a person's reality often do not change until that person forsakes what he or she feels confident in and then goes blindly with faith.

When you read a script, you don't want to be the same guy all the time, you want to change, you're a different person. That's why acting is a wonderful career. You're not the same guy all the time.

People think that if [their abusive] parent apologizes, he'll turn into the person they needed him to be. He won't. An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

Today's a great day to change a life. Starting with yours.

Sometimes, when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step, you need to be the one to drive the change.

Your dreams change. Initially the belly-buttons help establish the dreamer's predicament - the situation you are trapped in or held back by.

Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the world.

Jim Rohn has been my favorite speaker for many years. He has changed my life for the better and can change yours too.

The sad thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome's did, when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it are exhausted.

Everything changes, money rules. In my era, if you were successful, you were going to make money, but you never worried about it.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same - to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.

It was never too late to undo who you had become.

I'm not going to change my teeth or get a nose job. That manufactured perfection does nothing for me.

Those who don't want to change, let them sleep.

That hurt we embrace becomes joy. Call it to your arms where it can change.

Every moment is a fresh new beginning... a wonderful inauguration of the great cosmic journey through the Universe. We can do whatever we want. We can change reality at any moment.

We live in an age where technology is so powerful that we can make change without even leaving our computers or cell phones.

I like to come into my workspace and feel its a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.

It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.

If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.

For I shall learn from flower and leaf, That color every drop they hold, To change the lifeless wine of grief To living gold.