Quotes on Change

A state of expectancy is a great assetl; a state of uncertainty-one moment thinking "perhaps" and the next moment thinking "I don't know"-will never get desired results.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius.

Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Cedars are terribly sensitive to change of time and light - sometimes they are bluish cold-green, then they turn yellow warm-green - sometimes their boughs flop heavy and sometimes float, then they are fairy as ferns and then they droop, heavy as heartaches.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

Her grief grieved her. His devastated her.

A less icy Arctic is coming, and generally speaking, that's not a good thing. Climate change is warming this region twice as fast as the global average, threatening wildlife and indigenous communities.

Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

As much as people say they love change, they love it when you change - not when you want them to change. Even when it comes to processes they don't like, they're afraid of change.

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the slaves of history and not its makers. . . . Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

Stop waiting for others to change. Recognize that every person has the right to be whatever they choose-even if you irritate yourself about it.

People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with climate change.