Quotes about Change
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
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— Reinhold Niebuhr
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. the one from the other.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Doamne, da-mi senitatea de a accepta lucrurile pe care nu le pot schimba, curajul de a schimba lucrurile pe care pot sa le schimb si intelepciunea de a sti sa le deosebesc.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
What we think of man and God, of sin and salvation, is partly prompted by the comparative comforts or discomforts in which we live. It is a very sobering reflection on the lack of transcendence of the human spirit over the flux of historical change.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
To move from your way of thinking or acting to God's way of thinking or acting will require fundamental adjustments.
— Richard Blackaby
For with God, there's always another role to undertake, a fresh assignment, and another task that will call upon everything we've experienced and learned thus far. God is never finished with us. He may, however, be finished with our current role. If so, we must be prepared to take on the next assignment that inevitably comes.
— Richard Blackaby
The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo — even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
God does not love us if we change, God loves us so that we can change.
— Fr. Richard Rohr