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“People with strong feelings and of nervous temperament, for which one is no more responsible than for the colour of one's eyes, have things to fight against and to put up with, unknown to those of quiet equable dispositions, who are free from violent emotions, and have consequently no feeling of nerves -- still less, of irritable nerves. If I did not control mine they would be dreadful....One can overcome a great deal -- but -alter- one's self one cannot.... [Princess Alice, in a letter dated 24 September 1874]”

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Book:Princess Alice: Queen Victoria's Forgotten Daughter
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“We all have blind spots – those areas for improvement and growth. As painful as it can be to admit we’re doing things we never wanted to do and saying things we never wanted to say, it is this acknowledgement that enables us to take the first step toward change. Be gentle with yourself. Be real with yourself. Take baby steps.”

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Author:Rhonda Louise Robbins
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“Undergoing personal change is a difficult but necessary process of maturing into the ultimate manifestation of a desirable self. True personal transformation requires a person honestly to assess their inner spirituality and adopt a clear vision of who they want to be. An earnest person experiencing inner transformation of their values and belief system is apt to feel conflicted, confused, and disorientated. Change of self is displacement, disarticulation, and loss of self. Alteration of our self-image results in disrupting, dislocating, and modifying a person’s perspective of what is significant.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls
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“The gap between thought and action, between belief and will, prevents us solving our most pressing individual and societal problems.”

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Book:The Science of Successful Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture
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“Mindfulness promises a great number of desirable benefits, and is based on much more solid research than many competing ideas on how to change people.”

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Book:The Science of Successful Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture
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“The Christian life is a state of thankful discontent or joyful dissatisfaction. That is, I live every day thankful for the grace that has changed my life, but I am not satisfied. Why not? Because, when I look at myself honestly, I have to admit that I am not all I can be in Christ. I am thankful for the many things in my life that would not be there without his grace, but I will not settle for a partial inheritance!”

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Book:How People Change
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“One advantage of being in a long-term relationship with someone whom exhibits a strong personality is that when caught in the conduit of their force field, the resultant propulsion propels us to see both them as well as oneself in clearer light, thereby, opening a person’s eyes for constructive personal change.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls
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“Personal change requires motivation, a plan, and determination to see a plan through to fruition. Although I elected to change the way that I live, this decision was not easy to implement. We frequently act against our better judgment. We sometimes know the correct thing to do, but still struggle doing so. The Ancient Greeks used the term akrasia to refer to a person knowing what course of action is correct and righteous, but electing do somethings else because of a lack of self-control.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls
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“Real change begins when you shift from asking ‘What should I do?’ to ‘Who am I becoming?’ The person you are becoming determines the choices you make, the habits you keep, and the life you ultimately live. Identity is not a destination — it is a daily decision.”

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Book:Alignment Is The Key: Mastering The 8 Timeless Principles of Enduring Success
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“The storm through which you sail, called life, has no calm eye. There never is a “right time” for your big dreams. You never will, by magic, get an extra twenty hours a week when you can do that thing that you have always wanted to do. Start now!”

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Book:Reboot Your Life: A 12-day Program for Ending Stress, Realizing Your Goals, and Being More Productive
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“Though we are trained to answer questions, the questions we ask will determine our future. Your life today is the result of your answer to a question such as: : Is God real? :Is God going to provide for me? :Can I trust people? :Am I capable of doing that? The types of questions you ask have made you the way you are.”

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Book:The Power of One Thing: How to Intentionally Change Your Life
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“We have no control ultimately over what happens TO us, but we certainly have everything to do with what happens IN us because of what happens TO us. We must be more intimate with a mirror more than a projector. The reason why things don’t change for us is simply because we are not motivated to personally change. If we want things to get better in our sales, we must get better. That is the bottom line.”

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Author:christopher gregas
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“You cannot change the power of the wind, but you can set your sail in a way that will compel you to your port much more quickly and accurately. Business success is a process. Converting prospects takes time and the continual practice of planting wheat is always a challenge in a world where taking time and exhibiting patience are passing away. It is always a good day to make a change.”

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Author:Chris J. Gregas
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“This life of self-examination and joyful discontent should not be confused with a life of paralyzing self-condemnation. God does not call us to self-loathing, but to a willingness to examine our lives in light of our hope as new creatures in Christ. That hope is not only based on the promise of forgiveness, but on his promise of personal deliverance and restoration as well. The same grace that has forgiven me is now in the process of radically changing me. I should not be satisfied until that transformation is complete.”

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Book:How People Change
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“The gospel has never been about how bad we are. Maybe that's something you grew up learning from church or church people, or, maybe, like me, that's just how you perceived things. The gospel is always about how good God is. Always, always, always. So we shouldn't refrain from asking and seeking and knocking, because he loves us--each of us. And we can trust that what he gives us will be bread, even when it doesn't seem like it at the time. I'm not trying to say we don't need to change our lives. I think every one of us needs to change our lives. But I don't think very many of us can just will ourselves to change... We all have to rely on the goodness of God. He is good. He provides in amazing ways.”

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Book:Every Little Win: How Celebrating Small Victories Can Lead to Big Joy
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“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.”

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Book:Man's Search for Meaning
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“Be the change you want to see in your networks”

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Author:James H. Fowler
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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.”

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Author:Andre Gide
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“Personal change, growth, development, identity formation--these tasks that once were thought to belong to childhood and adolescence alone now are recognized as part of adult life as well. Gone is the belief that adulthood is, or ought to be, a time of internal peace and comfort, that growing pains belong only to the young; gone the belief that these are marker events--a job, a mate, a child--through which we will pass into a life of relative ease.”

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Author:Lillian B. Rubin
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“I must admit that I do have a particular soft spot for the character of the chameleon-trickster goddess Ris in Dreams of the Compass Rose. Ris has gone through the whole spectrum of personal change and has had the longest road of all. And in the end she chooses to come back to the world, to guide, and to help, and to open the eyes of those who are suffering. In that is her true strength and humorous wisdom. I really do like her a whole lot.”

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Author:Vera Nazarian
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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

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Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
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“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”

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Author:Jim Rohn
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“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw
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“...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.”

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Author:Douglas Coupland
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“One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.”

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Book:Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within
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“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”

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Author:Denis Waitley
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