Change Making Quotes

#1. The sudden death of the leading man will cause change, making another man leader. Soon, but too late, the young man will attain high office. By land and sea, he will be feared.

Nostradamus

#2. Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work - whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty - is the great task of our generation as a whole.

Atul Gawande

#3. What is your personal definition of "good"?
A world in which everyone is universally empathetic and exercises love and respect with full change-making power.

Bill Drayton

#4. Change happened and you thought it was forever, and immediately there were all the enemies of that change making common cause and meeting in the cloakrooms.

C.J. Cherryh

#5. If the derived class isn't going to adhere completely to the same interface contract defined by the base class, inheritance is not the right implementation technique. Consider containment or making a change further up the inheritance hierarchy.

Steve McConnell

#6. Love required sacrifice and making hard choices and doing things that were bigger than just you. It wasn't something you asked for, or could control or change. It was something you accepted. Love was a force of nature.

Kimberly Derting

#7. Making change tolerable is one of the duties of Government.

Margaret Thatcher

#8. Cabot Searcy began to care about learning not for the sake of making good grades, but because he still wanted to change the world.

John Corey Whaley

#9. It was the case in the 70s and 80s that people believed music could change the world. But now people aren't making music because they want to change the world; they're making music because they want to just make a ton of money.

Sinead O'Connor

#10. The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'

George Osborne

#11. I'm currently between assignments and was looking for a change. I heard there was work in Nashville and it seemed like a good place to start over. So here I am stuck in the freezing cold with a ... serial killer. Has the making for a great horror movie, huh? (Leta)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#12. The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change.

Manohla Dargis

#13. The technique of tredding the success path is making a single step, and if you are kinda afraid to throw the second leg, hire divinity to pull you along.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#14. We must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them.

Marco Rubio

#15. The desire to change the world is a tremendous advantage as you travel down the difficult path ahead because focusing on a lofty goal is more energizing and attracts more talent than simply making a buck.

Guy Kawasaki

#16. How to be happy starts with self love, being proud of who you are and making happiness a daily choice.

Robert Moment

#17. Making people change because you can't deal with who they are isn't how it's supposed to be done. What needs to be done is for people to pull their heads out of their asses. You say 'cure.' I hear 'you're not human enough.

John Scalzi

#18. Humanity is higher than religion, so says my religion.

Shahla Khan

#19. When a caterpillar bursts from its cocoon and discovers it has wings, it does not sit idly, hoping to one day turn back. It flies.

Kelseyleigh Reber

#20. The body is the inescapable factor, you see. You can keep in good shape for what you are, but radical change is impossible. Health isn't making everybody into a Greek ideal; it's living out the destiny of the body.

Robertson Davies

#21. One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has even been understood

Tim Flannery

#22. The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

Deepak Chopra

#23. I have enjoyed anchoring at 'Headline News' but have decided that it is time for me to make a change in my daily professional life.

Andrea Thompson

#24. My God, that scene in Monster Inc. where the monsters realise that their entire world is founded on hurting children -look at that for a change! Two galumphing cartoon characters making a shattering realisation about their world and their role in sustaining it. A truly epic moment. It's stunning.

Russell T. Davies

#25. They are the living dead and we have many of those among us, spending their days whining and complaining and never making any attempt to change their lives for the better.

Og Mandino

#26. Given that I don't know anything, when I am making up stories about the future, why not make it a good story instead of a scary one?

Sharon Weil

#27. If you must make a difference in life, then change your mind set.

Matthew Ashimolowo

#28. Nature does abhor a vacuum, and when you begin moving out of your life what you do not want, you automatically are making way for what you do want. By letting go of the lesser, you automatically make room for your greater good to come in.

Catherine Ponder

#29. As President, my father will change the labor laws that were put into place at a time when women were not a significant portion of the workforce. And he will focus on making quality child care affordable and accessible for all.

Ivanka Trump

#30. Every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

Jane Goodall

#31. Since half of all trees cut go to making paper, the only meaningful way to address destruction of our forest is to change the way paper is made.

Woody Harrelson

#32. The power of women in the politics is a soft power. It is a positive change that our country and other countries in the region ... are making by giving a chance to women.

Atifete Jahjaga

#33. There aren't enough people in the media creation space. There aren't enough people making premium quality programming. That's how we change the narrative. Because there is a lot of bad African programming out there, and it is not helping matters.

Mo Abudu

#34. We are a day away from making history, and a history towards the breaking of tommorrow.

Anthony Liccione

#35. Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

Tori Amos

#36. It is gorgeously shot, and Andrew believes that the old school way of making films in the best way. Meaning: you have a story, and you stick to the story. You don't change and alter the story because of people who've invested in it and what to put product in a shot.

Michael Berryman

#37. Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

Erin Willett

#38. ...the state of perfection is an elusive goal; demanding something so obscure as almost unattainable and can become a compulsive, crazy making squirrel-on-a-wheel way of living.

David W. Earle

#39. most importantly, this prediction is less of a prophecy and more a way of discussing our present choices. If the discussion makes us choose differently, so that the prediction is proven wrong, all the better. What's the point of making predictions if they cannot change anything?

Yuval Noah Harari

#40. I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.

Lady Gaga

#41. As soon as you truly commit to making something happen, the 'how' will reveal itself.

Tony Robbins

#42. The real function of art is to change mental patterns ... making new thought possible.

Jean Dubuffet

#43. Don't just be making a living; make a life and leave an indelible footstep wherever you step.

Israelmore Ayivor

#44. I am not a believer of the law of attraction (though I do not deny the possibilities of it to be true), but I firmly believe in the ability of making choices, the ability to take conscious decisions.

Namrata Kumari

#45. The problem is not lack of competence, it is confidence without competence.

Paul Gibbons

#46. We uncovered a phenomenon we call "the immunity to change," a heretofore hidden dynamic that actively (and brilliantly) prevents us from changing because of its devotion to preserving our existing way of making meaning.

Robert Kegan

#47. If there are rules, we're the ones making them. We can change them whenever we want to.

Isaac Marion

#48. Climate is not responding to greenhouse gases in the way we thought it might. If increasing carbon dioxide is in fact increasing climate change, its impact is smaller than natural variation. People are being misled by people making money out of this.

Chris De Freitas

#49. Ideas that change business models and who can make money are the most threatening, outside actual religion.

John Day

#50. I don't have anyone telling me to change things or giving me unwanted opinions. It's just me and my band making music. It's nice for a change.

Kevin Fowler

#51. I made the same mistake that people have been making since the beginning of time, thinking that you can change yourself just by going somewhere else. Meu Deus, I sound like a self-help book.

Luiza Sauma

#52. I had to make a large number of changes to clear Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) up, it took years to figure it out. I kept on making change after change until one day I realized that EHS was no longer present.

Steven Magee

#53. A man of wisdom faces it all and makes his choices that actually can change a lot of things.

Kateryna Kei

#54. Even if it doesn't alter or change the end result even in the slightest... making decisions based on convictions that you believe in... and walking your own path... has it's own merit and worth. There's something to be said for not having... even on regret.

Tite Kubo

#55. One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer ... In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer.

Adrian Piper

#56. We came in the wind of the carnival. A wind of change, or promises. The merry wind, the magical wind, making March hares of everyone, tumbling blossoms and coat-tails and hats; rushing towards summer in a frenzy of exuberance.

Joanne Harris

#57. You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.

Imelda May

#58. Passion. Confidence. Gratitude. The possibility of making positive change in the world. It's the sort of "spark" one gets the moment they decide to go after what they want, really fight for it, work hard, and not give up. I love that spark; it's beautifully contagious.

Beth Riesgraf

#59. Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities

John C. Maxwell

#60. Making one person smile can change the world - maybe not the whole world, but their world.

John Spence

#61. We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.

David Attenborough

#62. One good wish changes nothing. But one good decision changes everything. Your power to choose, to make a good decision, spells the difference between wishing and making real life changes.

Steve Goodier

#63. The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all - today HIV/AIDS is the biggest threat to this one universal objective. UNICEF needs us all to help them change the world for children

Liam Neeson

#64. The alternatives in my life went through my mind. Unemployed, alone, despairing, watching daytime TV. That couldn't end well.

Or helping people, like genuinely making a difference. Imagine waking up and doing that every day?

Ruth Ahmed

#65. There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when I was singing or listening to music I would change shape in my head, becoming all kinds of things and people. Music is a way of making your body.

Jenny Hval

#66. The role of the CEO is to enable people to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their work, and accept responsibility for making change. (164)

Vineet Nayar

#67. [S]tart at the turn of the last century, in 1901, with the celebration of Detroit's bicentennial. That was the Detroit that came before--before all the racket that attended the making of the modern world, which happened here first and faster than anywhere else on this planet.

Jerry Herron

#68. Growing a business requires that we look at ourselves and change the way we make decisions.

David J. Greer

#69. I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

Michael Pollan

#70. Don't just DO something. Stand there! (and get perspective and understanding)

Scott J. Simmerman Ph.D.

#71. There is wisdom in not letting anyone really know who you are or what you are like. If you define yourself, people hold you in their mind a certain way making it difficult to change.

Frederick Lenz

#72. I am surprised at all the people in the high-tech industry focused on "making money" ... If that's all they want to do, they should have a $100 printing press in their basements and they will truly "make money." Instead, if we focus all that energy on innovation, we'll change the world for the best.

Philippe Kahn

#73. Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.

Tim Ferriss

#74. No, no, no, Landemere. This time I'm putting my foot down. I mean it. Don't think you're going to smear syrup on my beard, as we say in Ramaldah. You're not making me change my mind by sweet talking me. I know your tricks, and I won't fall for them.

Andrew Ashling

#75. Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible

Monique Wittig

#76. We simply argue that climate change consequences was one of the impacts, but interestingly enough, even though a major effort was made in 2008 to try and resurrect the problem over food, now the consequences of the civil war are making the situation even worse.

Chris Barrie

#77. Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making roles, as heads of state, CEOs, religious and cultural leaders, and as partners and parents.

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

#78. For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

Melanne Verveer

#79. If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

Kathryn Bigelow

#80. There are two main strategies we can try to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#81. In visualizing, or making a mental picture you are not endeavoring to change the laws of nature. You are fulfilling them.

Genevieve Behrend

#82. William James tells us that we cannot instantly change our emotions just by "making
up our minds to"-but that we can change our actions. And that when we change our actions, we will
automatically change our feelings.

Dale Carnegie

#83. The essence of extended rationality is to know when you are being irrational.

Paul Gibbons

#84. Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence; ... to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects.

Paulo Freire

#85. As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Bill Crawford

#86. The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.

Seth Godin

#87. When we contact each other, we change each other. We are constantly making each other.

John Powell

#88. Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

Florence Welch

#89. Power to me is having the ability to make a change in a positive way.

Victoria Justice

#90. That was exactly what happened - the conformists showed less brain activity in the frontal, decision-making regions and more in the areas of the brain associated with perception. Peer pressure, in other words, is not only unpleasant, but can actually change your view of a problem.

Susan Cain

#91. And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work.

Andy Stern

#92. Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#93. Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified.

Thad Cochran

#94. If you really want to make a change, just get up off your ass and do it.

Jody Williams

#95. 'Record Without A Cover' was about allowing the medium to come through, making a record that was not a document of a performance but a record that could change with time, and would be different from one copy to the next.

Christian Marclay

#96. I keep my ears open. The world can change overnight; that's what happens in this world. You never know. You have to keep your eyes and ears open. If you can't keep up, you ain't gonna catch up. I've been making records since 1953, and you just have to keep up.

George Benson

#97. In life, you can be unhappy, or you can change things. And even if there are things you can't change, you can often change your mind-set and question assumptions that are making life less goof than it could be.

Laura Vanderkam

#98. When you are working well with your
energy, you are also making the best
expression of your personal power ... By
reading your own energy, by becoming
aware of the lens through which you see
your world, you can change your mind and change your life.

Caroline Myss

#99. I slept peacefully that night, feeling exultant and determined. Little did I know that I was making the most common and the most painful mistake women have made all throughout the ages: to naively think that with their love they can change the man they love.

Elif Shafak

#100. We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him.

John Boehner