Quotes about Change

She was overwhelmed with shame that she had so quickly acted like her old name and nature, which she had hoped was beginning to be changed already.

The apple in June is a perfect apple for June. It is the best apple that June can produce. But it is very different from the apple in October, which is a perfected apple.

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.