Changes Quotes

“And so there must be in life something like a catastrophic turning point, when the world as we know ceases to exist. A moment that transform us into a different person from one heartbeat to the next.”
― Jan-Philipp Sendker, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

“The weak makes excuses, the strong makes changes.”
― Habeeb Akande

“Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.”
― Harriet Lerner

“When you alter yourself, the alterations become the truth...”
― Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride

“Be careful who you tell your secrets to because when situations change... sometimes, so do people.”
― Gwen Ro

“How is it that you keep mutating and can still be the same virus?”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“If you turn into a hideous monster and I am sent to slay you, I will remember this and make it as painless as I can, out of respect for you.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

“But Susan's thoughts were far removed from the political implications of Digital Fortress. She was still struggling to comprehend its existence. She'd spent her life breaking codes, firmly denying the existence of the ultimate code. Every code is breakable - the Bergofsky Principle! She felt like an atheist coming face to face with God.”
― Dan Brown, Digital Fortress

“It is the same in life; the heart changes, and that is our worst misfortune; but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.

Lygiai taip gyvenime keičiasi ir mūsų širdis, ir tai skaudžiausia; tačiau patiriame tą skausmą tik skaitydami knygas, vaizduotėje; tikrovėje jos keitimasis, kaip ir kai kurių gamtos reiškinių vyksmas yra toks lėtas, kad nors ir galime konstatuoti kiekvieną atskirą būseną, paties keitimosi pajusti nepajėgiame.”
― Marcel Proust Marselis Prustas, Swann’s Way

“Yet she was so sweet. She wasn’t a hard-ass, wasn’t jaded after all that had been done to her. In bed, she was giving and generous. And she smiled a lot. She seemed to enjoy life.
Whereas he’d been nothing but a giant pain in the ass, taking for granted everything that had been given to him. He’d had it so easy, while his parents had struggled to give him a good life so all he had to do was go out and live his dream.
He and Savannah were as different as night and day. How could she tolerate being around him? He was nothing but a spoiled football player who craved the spotlight. He didn’t deserve to be sharing a bed with her. She needed someone who cared for her, who thought of nothing but her, who’d give up everything just to give her the kind of life she deserved.
He sucked in a breath and realized it was time he made some serious life changes. It was time to go all in and stop hesitating about the things he really wanted in his career. In his life.
It was time to start taking some chances.”
― Jaci Burton, Playing to Win

“Growing up changes more
than playground games
and body shapes.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Remarkable changes are sometimes prompted by little things.”
― Jawe Campos

“A climate's changes are tough to quantify. Butterflies can help. Entomologists prefer "junk species--" the kind of butterflies too common for most collections-- to keep up with what's going on in the insect's world. They're easy to find and observe. When do something unusual, something's changed in the area.

Art Shapiro's team at UC Davis monitors ten local study sites, some since the 1970s. The ubiquitous species are the study's go-tos, helping distinguish between lasting changes (climate warming, habitat loss) and ones that will right themselves (one cold winter, droughts like last year's). Consistency is key; they collect details year after year, no empty data sets between.

A few species have disappeared from parts of the study area altogether, probably a lasting change. On the other hand, seemingly big news in 2012 might be just a year's aberration. Two butterflies came back to the city of Davis last year, the umber skipper after 30 years, the woodland skipper after 20-- both likely a result of a dry winter with near-perfect breeding conditions of sunny afternoons and cool nights.”
― Johnson Rizzo National Geographic Feb. 2013

“Don't be so quick to count out the teenagers. Some of the world's greatest changes, brilliant poetry, and innovations have come from the teenage mind.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Great changes in our society are always inspired and set in motion by one person. Be that person today.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Those who get into the business of truth are seldom satisfied. For truth is organic and destined for change.”
― Keela Sanders

“Is one changing all the time, then?' she asks. 'Am I changing - without knowing it?”
― Denis Mackail, Greenery Street

“The greater the difficulty of the change, the greater the need for enchantment. Factors that cause friction include expense, risk, and “politics.” If a change is a big deal, then it’s a big deal to make it happen.”
― Guy Kawasaki, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions