Change Quotes

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?

Ian Botham

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Richard M. Nixon

Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is that the vast majority of youth offenders will one day be released. The question is simple and stark. Do we want to help them change or do we want to help them become even more violent and dangerous?

Ayelet Waldman

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.

Keith Henson

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

John Podhoretz

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.

Charles Baudelaire

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

Jonathan Sacks

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced.

David Suzuki

The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.

Rush Limbaugh

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

Satchel Paige

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Michael Sheen

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.

Nikki Giovanni

I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change Bessie. And honey, that ain't easy either.

Annie Elizabeth Delany

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a lightbulb.

Gilda Radner

People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look.

Adele

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

Albert Einstein

Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.

Marsha Sinetar

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

James Hillman

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

Niccolo Machiavelli