#hang

Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry. ↗

— Bill Drayton

#social-change #social-entrepreneurship #change

You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors. ↗

— Brené Brown

#shame #change

Childhood was the past. It couldn't be changed, only remembered. ↗

— Aleatha Romig

#change

My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always been; you're the one who's changed." He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, "And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again. ↗

— Wendelin Van Draanen

#juli-baker #change

I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#peeta-mellark #change

The healthy life: It’s not just about losing the weight; it’s about losing the mentality that got you there. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#choice #healthy #life #losing-weight #change

The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to understand that a silence that is not clamorous with vexation and worried self-regard can become part of the texture of your mind, can seep into you, moment by moment, and gradually change you. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#spirituality #change

Faith seems to grab people and not let go, but hope is a double-crosser. It can beat it on you anytime; it's your job to dig in your heels and hang on. Must be nice to have hope in your pocket, like loose change you could jingle through your fingers. ↗

— Judy Blundell

#change

You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#change

The capacity for growth depends on one’s ability to internalize and to take personal responsibility. If we forever see our life as a problem caused by others, a problem to be "solved," then no change will occur. ↗

— James Hollis

#jungian-analyst #midlife #change