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Change

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. – Marcus Aurelius

The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it. – Marcus Aurelius

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. – John Wooden

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. – Reinhold Niebuhr

Science arose from poetry… when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it. – Niels Bohr

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? – Chuck Palahniuk

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy. – Hillary Clinton

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change. – Robert Louis Stevenson

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. – Alexander Hamilton

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. – Bill Gates

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. – Peter Drucker

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. – Frank Lloyd Wright

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. – Soren Kierkegaard

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. – Abraham Maslow

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. – Blaise Pascal

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle. – Hillary Clinton

Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves. – Billy Graham