Quotes about Change

The Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772—1810) taught, 'If you are not going to be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow?' To which Telushkin has added: 'And if no one feels comfortable criticizing you, the likelihood that you will be better tomorrow is most probably nonexistent.

Don't just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.

Law can show us that we are sinners, but it does not have the power to change us.

What about evil, you may ask? Aren't some people just evil, just monsters, and aren't such people just unforgivable? I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil. To relegate someone to the level of monster is to deny that person's ability to change and to take away that person's accountability for his or her actions and behavior.

Renewing a relationship is a creative act. We make a new relationship. It is possible to build a new relationship regardless of the realities of the old relationship.

When you set out to change the world, the job seems insurmountable, but each of us can do his or her small part to effect change. We change the world when we choose to create a world of forgiveness in our own hearts and minds.

The moment for which I had waited so long came and I folded my ballot paper and cast my vote. Wow! I shouted, 'Yippee!' It was giddy stuff. It was like falling in love. The sky looked blue and more beautiful. I saw the people in a new light. They were beautiful, they were transfigured. I too was transfigured. It was dreamlike.

The black person entered the booth one person and emerged on the other side a new, transfigured person.

I see a lot of athletes that don't really use social media, or they're saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted to change the game.

Don't get old, if you can avoid it.

When I meet gay kids and they know who we are, I remember that's amazing because literally every gay person in every gay story I knew growing up was doomed to die. There weren't any positive gay stories and it's incredible that has changed.

We got a dying world around us.