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“Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.”

Ifs Self Names Change My Own Changed Cradle

Book:The achievements of the ingenious gentleman, don Quixote de la Mancha. A tr. based on that of P.A. Motteux, with the memoir and notes of J.G. Lockhart

Source: The achievements of the ingenious gentleman, don Quixote de la Mancha. A tr. based on that of P.A. Motteux, with the memoir and notes of J.G. Lockhart

“As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.”

Self Artist Growth Interest Change Embrace Profound Our Future Entity Governing Embrace Change

Author:Robert Genn

“If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor.”

Ifs Should Firsts Two Self Change Quality Self Worth Sense Of Humor Sense Of Self Rough Times

Book:Thinking In The Future Tense

Source: Thinking In The Future Tense

“When one begins the transformative process, death and birth are imminent: the death of custom as authority, the birth of the self.”

Self Process Change Birth Authority Customs

Book:The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s

Source: The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s

“Watch yourself. Every minute we change. It is a great opportunity. At any point, we can step out of our frozen selves and our ideas and begin fresh.”

Ideas Self Opportunity Change Steps Watches Minutes Frozen Great Opportunity

Book:Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“Art's primary social function is to define the communal self, which includes redefining it when the community is changing.”

Art Self Social Change Community Function Primaries Redefining

Author:Thomas McEvilley

“Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.”

“True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.”

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Author:Nhat Hanh

“And this is the final meaning of work: the extension of human consciousness. The lesser meaning of work is the achieving of self-preservation.”

Humans Self Change Work Consciousness Achieve Finals Preservation Extensions Self Preservation Human Consciousness

Book:Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

“My 'awakened dreams' are about shifts. Thought shifts, reality shifts, gender shifts: one person metamorphoses into another in a world where people fly through the air, heal from mortal wounds. I am playing with my Self, I am playing with the world's soul, I am the dialogue between my Self, and el espirítu del mundo. I change myself, I change the world.”

People World Persons Soul Self Dream Reality Change Air Gender Wounds Heal Dialogue Mortals Changing The World Awakened Metamorphosis

Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa

“The sad thing is that, even though we know our lives aren't working in certain areas, we are still afraid to change. We are locked into our comfort zone, no matter how self-destructive it may be. Yet, the only way to get out of our comfort zone and to be free of our problems and limitations is to get uncomfortable.”

Source: Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”

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Author:A. C. Benson

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

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Author:Carl Rogers

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

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”

“Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.”

Thinking Way Self Enough Change Serious Definitions Transition Adjustment Metamorphosis Self Will

Author:Martha Beck

“If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.”

Ifs Needs Self Whole Fall Change Blame Intention Commit Willingness Hearted

Author:Sharon Salzberg

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.”

“Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”

Ifs Inspirational Self Sometimes Motivational Happiness Change Creativity Unhappy True Self Black Women Live Free Inspiration And Creativity Absolute Freedom Purging Feeling Down Artistic Creativity Bring Me Down

Author:Tina Turner

“As long as we place millions of Indians at the canter of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future, their opportunities for self realization we are on the right track. For India can grow, prosper, flourish only if they grow, prosper, flourish. We cannot grow by any esoteric strategies. Our purchasing power, our economic strength, our marketplace all depends on the prosperity of our people.”

“I just started to see the world as it really is and it completely shocked me and changed my opinion on everything.. on life and my values and certainly my own sense of self.”

World Self Values Change My Own Opinion Changed Shocked Sense Of Self

Author:Angelina Jolie

“The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”

“Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self - a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of making the change, doing something.”

Needs Firsts Ends Self Three Felt Process Growth Change Decision Results Careers Conscious Thirds Void Dedication Things Change Three Things Dissatisfaction End Results Change And Growth Fill The Void

Book:Love

Source: Love

“Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.”

Self Change Affirmation Relentless Kindergarten Repetitive Self Talk Fidgeting

Author:Denis Waitley

“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”

“Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.”

Ifs Thinking Firsts Self Motivational Change Discipline Scary Ass Mastery Self Control Self Discipline Restraint Bad Ass Think And Grow Rich Think Rich Grow Rich Self Restraint Discipline And Self Control

Author:Napoleon Hill

“A garden should be in a constant state of fluid change, expansion, experiment, adventure; above all it should be an inquisitive, loving, but self-critical journey on the part of its owner.”

Should Self States Time Change Journey Adventure Essentials Garden Constant Critical Experiments Owners Gardening Expansion Fluid Inquisitive

Author:H. E. Bates

“One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to which he is able to change his behavior.”

Wells Persons Self Able Change Deals Behavior Motivated

Author:Ellis Paul Torrance

“We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.”

Needs Self Faces Change Self Esteem Confidence Prove Tests Crisis Prepared Self Confidence Esteem Radical Be Prepared Adjustment Trembling Subordinates Drastic Drastic Change

Author:Eric Hoffer

“If you feel stuck, bring your whole self to Christ, not just the problem, but you. Ask God to change your heart. Commit yourself to pray to that end. It's God's heart to give good gifts to His children.”

Source: Gifts for Your Soul: A Book of Daily Devotions

“Our past experiences may have made us the way we are, but we don't have to stay that way.”

Way May Persons Made Self Past Change Personality Experience Staying Life Experience Our Past Human Experience Making Changes Past Experiences People Changing

Author:Joyce Meyer