Power To Change Quotes - Page 4

• There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.

  John Mayer

  People, World, Values

  "John Mayer On 'Sexual Napalm' Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Porn & His Penis". Playboy Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2010.

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• Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history.

  Rick Riordan

  Creativity, Great Power, Humans

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.

  Philip Yancey

  Jesus, Philosophy, Promise

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.230, Harper Collins

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• Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real to others.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Spiritual, Real, Atmosphere

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• Writing stories has given me the power to change things I could not change as a child. I can make boys into doctors. I can make fathers stop drinking. I can make mothers stay.

  Cynthia Rylant

  Mother, Children, Father

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• Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be done. The forest is always large, immense, great and mysterious. No one ever gains power over the forest, but the forest posses the power to change lives and alter destinies.

  Jack Zipes

  Life Changing, Destiny, Done

  "The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World". Book by Jack Zipes, 1988.

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• [...] "I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die -

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Men, Together

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.539, Simon and Schuster

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• If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

  Julianna Margulies

  Smile, Next, Streets

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Spirituality is not easy to define, but you can tell when it is present. It is the fragrance of the garden of the Lord, the power to change the atmosphere around you, the influence that makes Christ real to others.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Real, Garden, Atmosphere

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.34, Moody Publishers

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• I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world.

  Jack Layton

  Country, World, Want

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• The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength - and it will take time for him to build it. But right now the American black man has the political strength and power to change his destiny overnight.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Destiny, Men

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• Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Consciousness

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.69, New World Library

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• The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a law established by the government, and alterable by the government, seems to have been little understood and less observed in any other country. Wherever the supreme power of legislation has resided, has been supposed to reside also, a full power to change the form of government.

  James Madison

  Country, Government, Law

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788”, p.247

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• The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Life Changing, Book, Library

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• The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint, a sane and clear recognition of the practical and attainable, and of the fact that there are laws of nature which are beyond our power to change.

  Otto Hermann Kahn

  Self, Law, Democracy

  Otto Hermann Kahn (1918). “Frenzied liberty: the myth of "a rich man's war"”

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• Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress.
  Thinking, negative thinking causes stress.
  The real cause of all problems lie in our thoughts, not in things or circumstances.
  You and I possess the power to change our thoughts.
  It is our greatest power - the power to choose.
  If you are feeling stressful, choose to relax.
  Look at your problems as a stranger might then do something about them - NOW!

  Bob Proctor

  Jobs, Real, Stress

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 08, 2012

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• Don't give up your power to change things. Negativity and unhappiness are caused by you. You can change your attitude.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Giving Up, Attitude, Don't Give Up

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• I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change.

  Kevin Warwick

  Believe, Fate, Born

  "Cyborg 1.0" by Kevin Warwick, www.wired.com. February 1, 2000.

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• We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.

  Serj Tankian

  World, Our Lives

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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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• And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

  William Raspberry

  Uplifting, Reality, May

  "Radioactivity Experiment and the Human Aftermath Wins a Pulitzer", www.nytimes.com. April 13, 1994.

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• By getting the Word deep into your spirit and speaking it boldly out your mouth, you release spiritual power to change things in the natural circumstances.

  Kenneth Copeland

  Spiritual, Mouths, Natural

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• While I was travelling and I kind of had the classic realisation - that I guess most teenagers have at some point - that time's gonna run out and that's not in my power to change that.

  George Ezra

  Running, Teenager, Classic

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• One of my biggest lessons has been to be easier on myself and not make things such a big deal. It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself. Today, I still have moments where I feel myself start to go to the place of not being on my own team, but then I reel myself back.

  Renee Marino

  Team, Feelings, Lessons

  "Renee Marino on the Art of Feeling Alive: Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Since your outcomes are all a result of your moment-to-moment choices, you have incredible power to change your life by changing those choices. Step by step, day by day, your choices will shape your actions until they become habits, where practice makes them permanent.

  Darren Hardy

  Practice, Choices, Shapes

  Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.48, Hachette UK

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