Change Yourself Quotes - Page 5

• I think it comes easy to work hard. I was always taught, don't short-change yourself. Keep working to get better.

  Derek Jeter

  Hard Work, Thinking, Get Better

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• If you have a problem with the Moon in the sky and you are unhappy, change yourself, because the Moon won't change!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Moon, Sky, Unhappy

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• You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

  Philip Johnson

  Giving, Trying, World

  "Philip Johnson: What I've Learned". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.

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• Power is what is required to change the universe - to change yourself into what you might like to be.

  Frederick Lenz

  Power, Might, Universe

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• To change your horse you must first change yourself!

  Clinton Anderson

  Horse, Firsts

  Clinton Anderson (2009). “Clinton Anderson: Lessons Well Learned: Why My Method Works for Any Horse”, p.132, Trafalgar Square Books

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• You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.

  Madeleine Bunting

  Shopping, World, Suits

  "The end is nigh" by Madeleine Bunting, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2001.

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• Your holiest pain comes from your yearning to change yourself in the exact way you'd like the world around you to change.... Your sweet spot is in between the true believers and the scoffing skeptics.

  Rob Brezsny

  Sweet, Pain, Balance

  Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.9, Frog Books

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• If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, People, Inspire

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• ...Stop blaming me, thinking I'm the problem. If you think I'm the problem, then you have to change me. If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Thinking, People, World

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• If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

  B. F. Skinner

  Change, Age, Trying

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• Change yourself and your work will seem different.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Change, Perspective

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• You can change environments, but until you change yourself, nothing else will ever change.

  Eric Thomas

  Success, Environment

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• If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.

  Anwar Sadat

  Change, Power To Change, Ifs

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• The only way to change the world is to change yourself.

  Sarah Susanka

  World, Way, Changing The World

  Sarah Susanka (2007). “The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters”, p.38, Random House

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• To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Beautiful, Being Yourself, Lying

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• You are a bundle of mysteries. Finding and conquering yourself is a lifetime task. There are unplumbed depths in you full of the rich ore of personal discovery. Explore your self! There is power in you — the power to change yourself and to change the world.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Writing, Discovery, Inspire

  "The Art of Living".

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• Your poverty today is because of who you are. Want wealth? Let go of your anchors and inhibitions and change yourself.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Change, Letting Go, Anchors

  Twitter post from Sep 20, 2013

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• A lot of people complain about yesterday. We have no power to change yesterday. But this very day, 30 years later, is what we can control and decide. Change yourself, take baby steps, and stay determined for ten years. I thank the times of change and everyone’s complaints. Because when everyone is complaining, that is your chance, an opportunity. It’s only in times of change that someone can be clear of what he has and wants, and what he needs to give up.

  Jack Ma

  Baby, Giving Up, Opportunity

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• To change the world is not your mission. To change yourself is not your duty. To awaken to your true nature is your opportunity.

  Mooji

  Opportunity, World, Missions

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• Self-transformation is not just about changing yourself. It means shifting yourself to a completely new dimension of experience and perception.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• Fashion is such a fairytale and it is such a fantasy. And it's about metamorphosis and sort of changing yourself and playing a part that you want people to see.

  Marc Jacobs

  Fashion, People, Want

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• The fatal flaw of human wisdom is that it promises that you can change your relationships without needing to change yourself.

  Paul David Tripp

  Promise, Flaws, Our Relationship

  Timothy S. Lane, Paul David Tripp (2006). “Relationships: A Mess Worth Making”, p.7, David C Cook

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• Despite our differences, we are all in this together. No act of kindness or compassion goes unnoticed. To change the world, take compassionate action within your immediate sphere of influence. To change yourself, start by being still and making time just to listen.

  Edmund Bourne

  Change, Kindness, Compassion

  Edmund Bourne (2009). “Global Shift: How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity”, p.325, New Harbinger Publications

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• Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Done, World, Changing The World

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• Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.

  Natalie Wood

  Analysis, Transformation, Stills

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