Change Yourself Quotes - Page 5

• I think Danny Boyle's got it in his head that we all still look too young (to do a 'Trainspotting' sequel.) But, I mean, I don't look like anyone I play, anyways, so I don't really know where that comes from. Because, you know, you change yourself for the roles. I'm actually not Scottish, either!

  Jonny Lee Miller

  Mean, Thinking, Play

  Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. October 14, 2009.

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• In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by sometimes taking ourselves to task. When the self says, 'O no, I must not be treated like this,' then we say, 'What does it matter?' When the self says, 'He ought to have done this, she ought to have said that,' we say, 'What does it matter, either this way or that way? Every person is what he is; you cannot change him, but you can change yourself.' That is the crushing. ... It is only in this way that we can crush our ego.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Crush, Self, Ego

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• You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly.

  Timothy Keller

  World, Able, Don't Change

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• I think that's what I love about glam-rock. It invited you to participate. It asked you to change yourself in all these different ways, or offered up all these options.

  Todd Haynes

  Thinking, Rocks, Glam Rock

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Magic is a two-way process: you use it to change yourself and in return, it changes you. Letting yourself enter a magical reality is not about creating an enclave of magic beyond your everyday life, but of allowing magic in- allowing for the intrusion of the weird, the irrational, the things you can't explain, yet are undeniably real.

  Phil Hine

  Real, Two, Creating

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

  B. F. Skinner

  Change, Age, Trying

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

  Eric Thomas

  Success, Environment

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

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Done, World, Changing The World

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

  Natalie Wood

  Analysis, Transformation, Stills

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