All Quotes By Tag: Change

“…we’re told by TV and Reader’s Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change–and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.”

“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.”

“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn’t quite as spectacular.”

“If you don’t want a man unhappy politically, don’t give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change.”

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.[These words are also inscribed upon his grave]”

“The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps.”

“It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.”

“Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don’t make it wait any longer.”

“You couldn’t erase the past. You couldn’t even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right.”

“Simplify your life. You don’t grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual.”

“I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.”

“I change the world, the world changes me.”

“A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.”

“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.”

“Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people.”