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All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but read more
Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but this evening?
[Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese
habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]
In a progressive country change is constant; ... change ... is inevitable.
In a progressive country change is constant; ... change ... is inevitable.
To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.
To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the read more
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Everything flows; nothing remains.
Everything flows; nothing remains.
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found read more
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
Weep not that the world changes--did it keep
A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
Weep not that the world changes--did it keep
A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be read more
To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue
always the same? Change, indeed, is painful; yet ever needful;
and if Memory have its force and worth, so also has Hope.