Quotes about Change
We thought we were running away from the grown-ups, and now we're the grown-ups.
- Margaret Atwood
Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.
- Margaret Atwood
Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
- Margaret Atwood
The things we fear most in organisations — fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances — are the primary sources of creativity.
- Margaret J. Wheatley
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
We are affirming our trust that creation means well within us all, and that whatever painful growth and change may lie ahead, it is leading us to Life, not destruction.
- Margaret Silf
In his farewell address, George Washington warned the people about political parties. Now we see how both Democrats and Republicans have conspired to reduce democratic participation. If this is the best the Democrats and Republicans have to offer, it's time to look elsewhere. . . . Politics should be the prism for our most noble intentions.
- Marianne Williamson
Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world.
- Marianne Williamson
Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120.)
- Marianne Williamson
An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.
- Oscar Wilde
You have been forgiven, so act like it!
- AW Tozer
Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories...
- Henri Nouwen