11,582 Quotes About Change

If you want to change who you are, change what you want.

I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self.

غيّرتنا الحرب، أصبحنا لا ندري ماذا نقول، أو ماذا نريد أن نفعل. غيّرتنا الحرب، سرقتْ منّا إنساننا الصغير، ولغتنا العظيمة.

Think of what you told me,” Kostya said.“What?”“‘If we get to the end of the course . . . we shall become just like them. And we shall speak their language. Then we’ll take revenge.’”Sasha shook her head. “If we get to the end of this course, we won’t want to take revenge anymore. We’ll become just like them . . . and we’ll want to be like them.

يناير...في آخر أيامه، وأشياء كثيرة اقتُلِعتْ من حياتنا الصغيرة ولم تعُد. لا شيء يعود

Solo l'uomo può far sì che la Terra sia il posto in cui vi vere. E solo nel presente. Non nel passato, non nel futuro. Nelle scelte quotidiane, nel vivere di ogni giorno. Nel comprendere che l'uomo non è il padrone della natura, ma ne fa semplicemente parte. Che ci può essere natura senza uomo, ma non uomo senza natura.

If leaders don’t change. Change the leaders,

Papa Jack whispered, ‘But not the same. Never the same. It all does something to you. The little things as well as the big. You might go to sleep one person and wake so slightly different, and all because of a dream you had. You can’t hope to go back. Men lose themselves trying it.

Ted would have preferred not to live like this, but he wasn't quite sure what to do about it.