#change

Don't be so quick to count out the teenagers. Some of the world's greatest changes, brilliant poetry, and innovations have come from the teenage mind. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#children #innovations #kids #poetry #teenagers

The path to a sustained victory in Afghanistan lies in improving their economy, creating jobs for the Afghanis, strengthening their government and national services, getting the provinces to trust each other and work together, and eliminating the opium trade. Previously, the United States' policy was to not get deeply involved in internal Afghani drug issues; now we've changed the policy and are actively working to eradicate the drugs. But nobody has yet to come up with a way to shut down the poppy fields and get the Afghani people back to work. Until that happens, the Taliban will inevitable creep back in. ↗

— Michael DeLong

#government #heroin #opium #policy #taliban

You cannot change another person's mind or educate them; this they must do themselves. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#influencing-people #personal-knowledge #change

I don't care that you smoke pot. I mean, I'm not going to join you and I'd prefer to hang out with you when you're sober, but I'm not looking to change you. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#change

I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#leslie #change

Laws, enforced by the sword, control behavior but cannot change hearts. ↗

— Gregory A. Boyd

#politics #change

Feelings change fast when you're a teenager. ↗

— Jacquelyn Mitchard

#young #change

In Rome there is a pathological shortage of small coins. For change, the little shops tend to use candy. ↗

— Dorothy Dunnett

#places #change

When a pebble is thrown into a lake, everything, down to the furthermost depths, moves with it. ... And if, afterwards, everything seems as it was, the level of the lake has none the less been raised by imperceptible, incalculable degree. The old order has been overthrown -- by a pebble. ↗

— Théophile Thoré

#effort #revolution #change

A child's behavior we see on the surface is the reflection of the feelings that are rooted underneath. We can use topical treatments to try to shape what the behavior looks like, but if we really want things to change, we need to address the roots. Nourish the roots, see the growth. ↗

— Kelly Bartlett

#children #parenting #change