Quotes about Change

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Never before in history had the world actually believed in the equality of man.

Changing the way we have lived for twenty or forty or sixty years is nothing short of a revolution. 4.

Be willing to tolerate the discomfort necessary for growth.

In neglecting our intense emotions, we are false to ourselves and lose a wonderful opportunity to know God. We forget that change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God.

We can't change—or better said, invite God to change us—when we are unaware and do not see the truth.

In this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, we are talking about radical change at the core of our being. At least two critical forces hinder such a profound shift. First, the pressure of others to keep us living lives that are not our own is enormous. And second, our own stubborn self-will is much deeper and more insidious than we think. The possibility of self-deception is so great that without mature companions we can easily fall into the trap of living in illusions.

death is a necessary prelude to resurrection. To bear long-term fruit for Christ, we need to recognize that some things must die so something new can grow.

Most of us never examine the scripts handed to us by our past.

I prefer the notions of seasons to stages when describing our life in Christ. We don't control the seasons; they happen to us. Winter, spring, summer, and fall come to us whether we like it or not.

Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.