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“Only the fairy tale equates changelessness with happiness...Permanence means paralysis and death. Only, in movement, with all its pain, is life.”

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Jacob Burckhardt

Jacob Burckhardt was a Swiss historian renowned for his studies of the Renaissance in Italy. His work 'The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy' has had a profound impact on subsequent generations. more

“Everything that you are against works against you. Everything that you are against can be restated in a way that puts you in support of something. When you are able to state what you are for rather than what you are against, you are focusing on the potential for positive change. Once that is in place, you will find whatever you are focusing on expanding.”

Way States Able Change Support Expanding Positive Change

Author:Wayne Dyer

“All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask...: What can I do that is different?”

Different Real Asks Change Morning Risk Get Up Real Change

Author:Debbie Ford

“The great thing about the dilemma we're in is that we get to re-imagine every single thing we do...There isn't a single thing that doesn't require a complete remake. There are two ways of looking at that. One is: Oh my gosh, what a big burden. The other way, which I prefer, is: What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.”

World Way Two Bigs Change Born Alive Imagine Generations Burden Great Things Changing The World Two Ways Dilemma Great Times Remakes This Generation Oh My Gosh

Author:Paul Hawken

“The bottom line for everyone is I'm not good enough. It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed.”

Enough Change Lines Changed Bottom Good Enough Bottom Line Not Good Enough

Book:You Can Heal Your Life

Source: You Can Heal Your Life

“As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.”

Change Walks Cutting Flow Streams Descendants

Author:Nikos Kazantzakis

“I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.”

Men Ideas War Reality Change Views Accepting Destiny Influence Mankind Events Racism Rivers Mere Bounds Refuse Surround Brotherhood Midnight Unfolding Daybreak Flotsam

Author:Martin Luther

“Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress.”

Humans Ideas Energy Change Creativity Progress Source Bases Innovation Improvement Sparks Business Innovation Innovation And Business Ideas And Innovation

Author:Theodore Levitt

“To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.”

Able Change Leader Positive Change

Author:John C. Maxwell

“To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.”

Love Giving Mean Change Attention Practice Knowing Changed Listening Giving Up Expectations Willingness

Author:Mark Nepo

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