Quotes about Change

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

I've met men who've stood in long lines on my book tours, and they've said things like, 'I've read your books and they've changed the direction in my life, and I want to thank you.' I think they're standing in line for their wife or their mother or their sweetheart or somebody, but no.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it.

Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.

All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.

... a man leaves much when he leaves his own country.

One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.

Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.