Quotes courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
”Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy
“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai
“Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. We see only ourselves reflected in those around us.
Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of our own.
The whole world and its condition has its counter parts within us all.
Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world will change.”
Kristen Zambucka
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”
George Eliot
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.”
Abraham Maslow
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
Victor Frankl
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
Ann Landers
“Growth and comfort do not coexist.”
Ginni Rometty
“Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough.”
Alain de Botton
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”
Isaac Asimov
“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”
Mark Caine
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”
Gail Sheehy
“Change, like healing, takes time.”
Veronica Roth
“People do not change, they are merely revealed.”
Anne Enright
“If I am an advocate for anything, it is to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river.”
Anthony Bourdain
“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.”
Andy Warhol
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
Aldous Huxley
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”
Denis Waitley
