People Don't Change Quotes - Page 2

• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you don't change direction, you end up where you are headed.

  John Gibbons

  Change, Life Changing, Darkness Within

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• People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.

  Bobby Knight

  Change, Years, People

  Bobby Knight's farewell speech to students at Indiana University in Bloomington, www.nwitimes.com. September 14, 2000.

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  Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• People do sometimes change, of course. Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, grief. More often, people don't change. A girl who never missed a day of work does not suddenly decide to stay home in bed, for no good reason.

  Josephine Humphreys

  Girl, Dream, Grief

  Josephine Humphreys (2000). “Dreams of Sleep”, p.32, Penguin

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• Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.74, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Only stupid people don't change their minds.

  Boutros Boutros-Ghali

  Stupid, People, Mind

  "The Change in the Administration's Position". Interview with Arnaud de Borchgrave, www.globalpolicy.org. November 11, 1996.

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• In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying.

  A.S.A. Harrison

  Mean, People, Change For The Better

  A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.18, Penguin

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• Let's embrace more of life, not less. Balanced people don't change the world, and I'd rather spend my time feeling worn out from meaningful activities and projects.

  Chris Guillebeau

  Meaningful, People, Feelings

  Chris Guillebeau (2010). “The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World”, p.125, Penguin

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• Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Book by Stephen Chbosky, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 1999.

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• So, on the whole, I'd have to say that no, people don't change, but they CAN learn to behave differently. I want to believe otherwise. If you have an argument that says I'm wrong, I'd be glad to hear it.

  Charlaine Harris

  Believe, People, Want

  Charlaine Harris (2011). “Dead Reckoning: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.45, Penguin

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• People don't change. There are two kinds of people in the world: winners and losers. Black and white. I don't know where gray fits in, or if you can even live in that shade.

  Julie Anne Peters

  Black And White, Two, People

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• People don't get to change things. Things change people once in a while, but people don't change things.

  Lawrence Block

  People, Things Change, People Don't Change

  Lawrence Block (2011). “In the Midst of Death”, p.73, Hachette UK

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• A thought for today: 'People change and forget to tell each other.'

  Ian Somerhalder

  Relationship, Change, Emotional

  "Ian Somerhalder & Nina Dobrev Split — Report". hollywoodlife.com. May 9, 2013.

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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Cheating, Funny Inspirational

  Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.43, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• I think one of the myths is that people don't change. A lot of people believe that. Their spouse has been an alcoholic for the first 10 years of the marriage, and they say they are never going to change.

  Gary Chapman

  Believe, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.crosswalk.com

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• Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Work, Life Changing

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

  Will Rogers

  Government, People, Don't Change

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• Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Ideas, People, Jean Jacques Rousseau

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• People change and forget to tell each other.

  Lillian Hellman

  Relationship, Change, Marriage

  Lillian Hellman (1960). “Toys in the Attic: A Drama in Three Acts”, Dramatist's Play Service

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