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If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.
David Bowie

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The most important ingredient of leadership is character. Most of the proficiencies can be learned, but what's inside you is something that's difficult to change.
Jesse Robredo

The most pivotal attribute of leadership is morality. Most of the aptitudes can be acquired, but what lies within you is something that's difficult to modify.
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Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
Albert Einstein

Males wed females expecting that they will remain the same. Females join in matrimony with males desiring them to transform. Unavoidably, both are let down.
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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Mark Twain

Leaders and nappies must be altered frequently, and for a similar motive.
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama

'Transformation will not manifest if we defer to another person or a different period. We are the ones we've been anticipating. We are the alteration that we seek.'
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If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai Lama

If you feel you don't have the power to make an impact, try sleeping with a gnat.
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Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.
Noam Chomsky

Learners who take on substantial obligations to finance their education are unlikely to consider transforming society. When one binds individuals in a system of indebtedness, they cannot manage the expense of reflection.
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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

A person who never made an error never ventured into the unknown.
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
Willie Nelson

Once you substitute pessimistic reflections with optimistic ones, you'll begin to experience positive outcomes.
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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother Teresa

I alone cannot alter the world, yet I can launch a pebble into the depths to generate multiple waves.
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you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Rosa Parks

Do not hesitate to act when you know it is the right thing.
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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Jimmy Dean

I may not be able to control the weather, but I can adjust my course to arrive at my desired outcome.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela

Knowledge is the most potent tool which you can utilize to alter the world.
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The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The future is in the hands of those who trust in the magnificence of their visions.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes

Cling tightly to aspirations, for if hopes fade, life is a crippled bird that cannot soar.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Viktor E. Frankl

When we can no longer alter a circumstance - we must adapt ourselves.
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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch

I require not a comrade who shifts as I shift and acquiesces when I agree; my shadow serves that purpose more suitably.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy

'Many aspire to alter the world, yet few consider altering themselves.'
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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Rumi

Yesterday I was astute, so I desired to revolutionize the world. Today I am sagacious, so I am reforming myself.
21.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain

It is prudent to take a step back when you find yourself in agreement with the masses.
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers

The intriguing contradiction is that when I embrace my true self, then I can evolve.
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou

If you aren't satisfied with something, alter it. If you can't modify it, adjust your outlook.
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You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
Mike Murdock

You will never transform your life until you alter something you do on a regular basis.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
Al-Ghazali

He responded, "Those whose emotions are modified by wealth cannot be considered wise."
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The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The serpent that is unable to shed its coating must perish. In the same way, minds which are inhibited from transitioning their beliefs; they become stagnant.
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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker

Regulation is accomplishing tasks correctly; guidance is committing to the correct courses of action.
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The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.
Peter Drucker

The greatest peril in a period of upheaval is not the tumult; it is to take action with antiquated reasoning.
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If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
Rabindranath Tagore

If you lament because the light has disappeared from your existence, your sorrow will stop you from perceiving the constellations.
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw

The sensible individual alters themselves to the environment; the intransigent one insists on altering the environment to suit themselves. Consequently, every advancement relies on the obstinate individual.
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein

We cannot resolve our issues utilizing the same thought process that generated them.
32.
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching
Gerard Way

One day your life will be played back to you. Ensure it's worth the viewing.
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The change starts within each one of us. And ends only when all children are free to be children
Craig Kielburger

'The evolution begins within ourselves. And culminates only when all minors can enjoy the freedom of youth.'
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A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!
Mehmet Murat Ildan

A sagacious adage can only alter a prudent person! Therefore, astute statements are for the judicious fellows, not for the imbeciles! The sunflowers face the Sun, the dullards, toward obscurity!
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
Colin Powell

No one of us can alter our pasts, yet everyone of us can shape our futures.
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Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him
Ali ibn Abi Talib

'Privilege and riches do not transform a person; they merely expose him.'
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Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
Saint Augustine

Expectancy has two lovely daughters; their names are Fury and Bravery. Fury at the state of things, and Bravery to ensure they do not stay as they are.
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The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.
Bernie Sanders

The crux of the matter is that transformation can occur, but only when an abundance of individuals are actively engaged in political combat; the wealthy may have money, however we possess the populace.
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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
Paramahansa Yogananda

Allow my spirit to sparkle through my core and my core sparkle through my optics, that I may disperse lavish grins in grief-stricken souls.
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell

We must forsake the life we have envisioned, so as to receive the one that awaits us.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard

The purpose of supplication is not to sway God, but rather to alter the character of the one who implores.
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There’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief: Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it also means that the sadness I feel today will change tomorrow. My pain will die. My laughter won’t last forever but neither will my tears. We say this life isn’t perfect. And it isn’t. It isn’t perfectly good. But, it also isn’t perfectly bad, either.
Yasmin Mogahed

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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
Carl Rogers

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It should be borne in mind that there is nothing more difficult to arrange, more doubtful of success, and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new. Their support is lukewarm ... partly because men are generally incredulous, never really trusting new things unless they have tested them by experience.
Niccolo Machiavelli

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Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
C. S. Lewis

'It is peculiar how day to day nothing appears to alter, but if you take a step back, all is dissimilar.'
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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
Cesar Chavez

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Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
C. S. Lewis

It is like traversing a rope bridge - you must release your grip at some point in order to progress.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale

Transform your mentality and you alter your reality.
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When John Kennedy attempted to take the government back from the back from the robber barons, he was brutally murdered. The message to future US president and leaders across the world was clear: do as you're told, or die. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the last true president of the United States. And until the globalists are removed from power, we will never have another real one.
Alex Jones

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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller

' Combatting the status quo will not effectuate change; to alter something, create a fresh pattern that renders the current one antiquated.'