#hang

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#growth #self-improvement #change

I quickly dropped my hands and changed the subject. "So those two who visited me the other night. Who were they?" I asked. He smiled, knowingly. "Ares and Aphrodite." Of course, I thought. In fact, I think I had already sort of figured that out. Although in my mind they were still Mr. Scowly Face and Miss Perfect Bitch. I found those the names I had given them much more appropriate ↗

— Robin Burks

#fantasy #mythology #change

No critic and advocate of immutability has ever once managed properly or even marginally to outwit the English language's capacity for foxy and relentlessly slippery flexibility. For English is a language that simply cannot be fixed, not can its use ever be absolutely laid down. It changes constantly; it grows with an almost exponential joy. It evolves eternally; its words alter their senses and their meanings subtly, slowly, or speedily according to fashion and need. ↗

— Simon Winchester

#lexicology #words #change

I dislike guilt." the Morrigan said." it is regret and recrimination and despair over that which cannot be changed. It is like eating ashes for breakfast. It is the whip that clerics use on the laity, making the sheep slaves to whatever moral code the shepherds espouse. it is a catalyst for suicide and untold other acts of selfishness and stupidity. I cannot think of a more poisonous emotion!" ... "Why do you bother to feel it?" Atticus: "Because an inability to feel guilt points to sociopathic tendencies. ↗

— Kevin Hearne

#change

Positive change is mobile, if you don’t push it, it won’t move but when you push it, it will definitely move with you. ↗

— Peter A Preye

#change

Today is the day to stop, look around, realize where you are in relation to where you want to be, change direction if needed and move forward with faith in God and in yourself. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#choices #faith #god #happiness #life

Rising expectation is a recipe for change ↗

— Raymond A. Ebanks

#change

It is much easier to be strong in faith when you are smiling. So it would automatically lift my mood and reassure me that I would indeed find more reasons to smile again. ↗

— Bronnie Ware

#mood-change #smiling #change

Nuclear episodes stand out in bold print in life story as narrative high points, low points and turning points, explaining how the person has remained the same and how he or she has changed over time. ↗

— Dan P. McAdams

#change

To succeed in retail, you have to love it. The process of bringing items in, displaying them attractively, and seeing them miraculously change into actual cash in the drawer has to get your blood racing. ↗

— David Green

#success #world-changer #change