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" The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. "

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" But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency. "

" You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind. "

" Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world. "

" Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. "

" Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. "

" Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications. "

" A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. "

" Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. "

Alfred Lord Tennyson

" You gotta call it out first; it always has to be called out when we need social change, but this is how social change happens: you call it out. People had to call out child labor. People had to call out, 'Hey time's up; we need to vote. We live in this country.' People had to call out 'time's up' on enslaving people, you know. "

" My greatest life lesson has been that life can change in a second. This is why it's important to always live your best possible life and to do what you can for others. "

" It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous. "

" When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. "

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

" Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. "

Katherine Mansfield

" Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change. "

" One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good. "

" We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. "

Ursula K. Le Guin

" We have to evolve, we have to change, and in order to do that, we have to initiate the change. "

" In my experience, young people fighting for the passage of the DREAM Act and to prevent the deportation of those who are eligible are among the most committed and fearless advocates for change in this country. "

" Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. "

" Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator. "

" The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. "

" What I've learned is that unless it's an emergency, like a fire or brain surgery, hierarchy is not necessary and may be damaging. If you have a hierarchy, you're repeating the strengths and weaknesses of one person without allowing for the accumulative strength of a group. "

" If you're going to have a male-dominant system, to maintain the system, you have to teach men to dominate. "

" Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature. "

" Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. "

" We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about. "

" Liberation does not come from outside. "

" Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late. "

" I never dwell on what happened. You can't change it. Move forward. Don't waste your energy on being angry at something that somebody did six months ago or a year ago. It's over. Done. Move forward. "