topic: Life, Change, Spiritual, Way In Life, Natural Things

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
topic: Change, Acceptance, Thoughtful, Managing Change, Memories Dreams Reflections

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
source: "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.
topic: Inspirational, Change, Leadership, Managing Change, Leadership And Change
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
topic: Change, Appreciation, Self, Congruence, Radical Acceptance
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
source: Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.113, Beacon Press
topic: Change, Positive, Inspiring, Mans Search For Meaning, Times Have Changed
source: Paul Tournier (1957). “The Meaning of Persons”
topic: Life, Change, Running, Heredity, Acceptance And Change
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
source: Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage
topic: Motivational, Change, Moving On, Adaptability, Eye Opening
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1906). “Longfellow Day by Day”
topic: Nature, Rain, Garden, Monsoons, Being Accepted
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
topic: Inspirational, Change, Wise, Inspirational Harry Potter, First Steps
If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it
topic: Thinking, Way, Live For Yourself, Good Thoughts, My Attitude
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.
source: Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library
topic: Life, Live In The Moment, Moments, Mindful Living, Stillness Speaks
topic: Change, Perfect, Worry, Managing Change, Transience
topic: Change, Conflict, Moments, Starting Anew, Acceptance And Change
You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.
topic: Change, Welcome, Rulers, Starting Anew, Life And Change
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
source: Henri Bergson (2015). “Creative Evolution”, p.16, Sheba Blake Publishing
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Managing Change, Times Have Changed
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Make People Feel Better, Live For Yourself
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
source: Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.37, Hachette UK
topic: Change, Acceptance, Second Chance, Resistance To Change, Positive Change
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
source: "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.
topic: Motivational, Change, Basketball, Favorite Sports, Young Entrepreneurs
All great changes are preceded by chaos.
topic: Change, Chaos, Some People Never Change, Times Have Changed, Inspirational Change
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Wheel Of Life, Chinese Philosophy
source: Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.186, Anatole France
topic: Life, Change, Spirituality, Resistance To Change, Times Have Changed
topic: Happiness, Moving, Acceptance, Acceptance And Change
source: "What I've Learned: Michael J. Fox" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2007.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Parkinson's, Acceptance And Change
topic: Change, Comfort, Relief, Stagecoaches, Life Is Changing
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse.
source: 'Tales of a Traveller' (1824) 'To the Reader'
topic: Change, Life Changing, People Changing, Stagecoaches, Life Is Changing