1. The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. – Albert Einstein
2. For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. – Steve Jobs
3. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. – Leo Tolstoy
4. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Lao Tzu
5. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change. – Katharine Hepburn
6. I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. – Stephen Hawking
7. We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. – Joseph Campbell
8. If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go. – Steve Maraboli
9. You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control. – Elizabeth Gilbert
10. Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. – Lao Tzu
11. A year from now you will wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb
12. The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself. – C. JoyBell C.
13. We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. – Jim Rohn
14. Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them. – Steve Maraboli
15. The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. – Albert Einstein
16. Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be. – Abraham Lincoln
17. 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
18. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley
19. Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. – Chinese Proverb
20. Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark. – Bryce Courtenay
Originally posted on May 13, 2014 @ 12:12 pm
