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“For me I wanted to use my music to have a positive change into the society, and positive change is not only spiritual change. Positive change for me has been a peace activist, an environmental activist, women empowerment and girl empowerment".”
Achieng Abura (1953–2016) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sapat Diary Oct 21, 2016
“It always amazed me when people said under apartheid, ‘Oh, we can’t change overnight.’ Well, what the pandemic has said is yes, you change overnight: you can, we all do, it’s possible. And this is the global change. I embrace change, and I think my medium, the way I work with the medium, somehow gives a physical form to that embrace.”
Penny Siopis (born 1953) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Artist Interview: Penny Siopis – Shame, Or Pictures Of Perplexity BRUCEDENNILL, (4 October 2021)
“I believe that real change can only happen in our life by focusing and remembering the ABCs that can bring about a meaningful change. This would be our Attitudes that influence our Behavior which reflects our Character. Real change, especially in handling money, can happen only when we change the ABCs in our lives first.”
Liwayway Vinzons-Chato (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most important thing you can teach your child is to adapt to change. Change is the only constant. Kung hindi ka marunong mag-adapt sa change, maiiwan ka. (If you don't know how to adapt to change, you will be left behind),”
Korina Sanchez (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The laws of art are eternal and don't change at all, as the moral laws don't change in human beings. [arguing with Franz Marc who demanded in 'Der Blaue Reiter' circa 1912 a new modern art, in relation to its own - changing - time].”
Max Beckmann (1884–1950) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted in the exhibition, 'Expressionisten, die Avantgarde in Deutschland 1905 - 1920', catalog Nationalgalerie Berlin, DDR, 1986, p. 109
“But I'm telling you, it's going to change lives. I don't know how—I don't know what's going to happen, quite honestly — but it's going to change lives. It is a life-changing, and I think, a planet course-altering event and I would invite you to join us either physically or virtually.”
Glenn Beck (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A true conservative — who is, above all, an anti-ideologue — will often be attacked for alleged inconsistency, for changing positions, for promising change but not a radical break with the past, for pursuing two objectives — like liberty and authority, or change and continuity — that seem to all ideologues as completely contradictory.”
Andrew Sullivan (born 1963) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Necessary Contradictions of a Conservative", The Daily Dish (13 November 2013)
“Today, as change speeds up, it’s even more important to anticipate how your company’s strategic landscape is changing. It won’t help you to predict the future with 100% accuracy. But it will prepare you to exploit change.”
Adrian Slywotzky (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Animals shouldn't be used, tortured in any kind of way. … So what I would say to my fans is to … get more information about it because anyone that has a heart will have compassion towards them. And just change your thought process, and in changing that, we might change the whole world.”
Vida Guerra (born 1974) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Model Vida Guerra's Naked Photo Shoot", video interview with PETA (21 March 2011)
“I will change the things that need changing and that is the change that I will bring about.”
Keir Starmer (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world will accept you changing your style for them, but pretty soon they’re going to demand that you change your substance. They’re going to demand that you – well, they liked the fact that you’ve taken their method, but they're going to demand you change your message.”
John F. MacArthur (1939–2025) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World (1993)
“We Communists are the most advanced revolutionaries in modern history; to day the changing of society and the world rests upon us and we are the driving force in this change. It is by unremitting struggle against counter-revolutionaries that we Communists change society and the world, and at the same time ourselves.”
Liu Shaoqi (1898–1969) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How to Be a Good Communist - 1. Why Communists Must Undertake Self Cultivation" (July 1939)
“My installations, which are constructed with relief-printed images on paper applied to walls, floors, and ceilings, surround the viewers with visual representations of change, movement, and repetition. They directly address change and the passage of time by surrounding the viewer with moving storms, slow drips, changing clouds, and moving hail, snow, wind, and rain.”
Judy Youngblood (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man alone, of all the creatures on earth, can change his own patterns. Man alone is the architect of his destiny. The greatest revolution in our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives ... It is too bad that most people will not accept this tremendous discovery and begin living it.”
William James (misattributed) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Man alone, of all creatures of the earth, can change his thought pattern and become the architect of his destiny." Actually said by Spencer W. Kimball, twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…
“There can be only one permanent revolution — a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Three Methods Of Reform" in Pamphlets : Translated from the Russian (1900) as translated by Aylmer Maude, p. 29
“Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just changing cells.”
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Minnaloushe creeps through the grass Alone, important and wise, And lifts to the changing moon His changing eyes.”
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) said by 1939 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you want a conservative country, you need a conservative populace. Immigration is changing the country, and there will be no changing it back. If you don’t understand that, you are the enemy of any conservative undertaking.”
Ann Coulter (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open to criticism, bold about changing our policies and also cautious about changing our policies. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying.”
Jimmy Wales (born 1966) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks on his user talk page on Wikipedia (18 December 2005); afterwards quoted in numerous publications and internet sites.
“Solitude is greater than I anticipated. My sense of values is changing, and many things which before were in solution in my mind now seem to be crystallizing. I am better able to tell what in the world is wheat for me and what is chaff. In fact, my definition of success itself is changing.”
Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the years when he'd worked full-time, he'd never complained about frozen or takeout or preprepared dinners. To Caroline it probably seemed that he was changing the rules on her. But to Gary it seemed that the nature of family life itself was changing - that togetherness and filiality and fraternity weren't valued the way they were when he was young.”
Jonathan Franzen (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They know, in that changing room, that the strength is that changing room.”
Phil Brown (footballer) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 30-Jun-2005, Radio Derby
“When you compare the changing room to last season, there is a massive, massive difference. The changing room now is full of men”
Phil Brown (footballer) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 14-Jan-2007, Hull City OWS
“Changing the states of many agents grossly alters behavior, while changing only a few just perturbs the overall disposition a little.”
Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Changing others is simple; changing yourself is the real challenge.”
Siddharth Katragadda (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The uniforms are my other memory. In the beginning, they looked odd. In the cricket world, we were used to playing in whites. Back then, the world was changing, television was changing and you needed people to see more colour. So, I think they did a great thing.”
“Here, a man and woman unite for life, but they include in their union all the loves they will live through in their lifetime. But over there, it’s all about changing wives and changing husbands, searching for that one perfect amor.”
Victor Villaseñor (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.”
“The material particle or the conscious mind—has been discovered not to be sufficiently unchanging to be treated as a thing in isolation... but more often to be the opposite: a changing system in a changing environment.”
Lancelot Law Whyte (1896–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I am asked about my own motivations for changing, my response is that the alternative of not changing seems far worse and more frightening. Mine is not idealistic rebellion or personal sacrifice. From my point of view it is a matter of survival. I do not want to pay the price I see extracted from most of the men around me.”
Herb Goldberg (1937–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world order as we know it is changing. The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day. These are difficult, tragic times. Our hearts are with the civilians of eastern Ukraine who were caught up in this situation.”
Naftali Bennett (born 1972) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bennett refrains from condemning Russia in first remarks since invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022).
“[T]hese were grievences exacerbated by changing demographics and changing social mores that had some members of the white working class feel increasingly marginalized; by growing income inequalities accelerated by the financial crisis of 2008; and by forces like globalization and technology that were stealing manufacturing jobs and injecting daily life with a new uncertainty and .”
Michiko Kakutani (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When it became clear that SARS-CoV-2, or simply, the latest coronavirus, was spreading globally and likely to become a pandemic, we took it seriously. Our responsibility is to keep Wikipedia online and available for the world, especially in moments of crisis. A world that is changing requires changing how we work.”
Katherine Maher (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Catholic Church, and our Catholic faith, is the answer to this darkness and bringing people into relationship with Jesus and teaching the dignity of the human person are the best ways of changing people’s attitudes and changing their behavior”
Donald Francis Lippert (born 1957) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholic faith is the answer to sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea, says bishop (17 July 2020)
“Today, humanity is at a turning point in its path of development and the nature of international relations is changing dramatically. The transnational threats to peace, security and sustainable development are growing. The climate is rapidly changing. The mass migration flows are increasing and traditional values are declining.”
Shavkat Mirziyoyev (born 1957) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly" (23 September 2021)
“That way, we could start changing the mindset, changing attitudes.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sirleaf demands new leadership, urges shift beyond symbolic women’s representation liberianinvestigator.com (August 18, 2025)
“Life experiences, my age, my outlook on life, my constant changing needs and wants have seen me do just that. And of course it reflects in everything I do. In addition to this, as a designer, I must move with the times and society’s ever changing fashion needs and desires.”
Lisa Folawiyo (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m very conscious that diversity is sometimes skewed to a very narrow interpretation- it’s generally gender diversity, so racial, social class and other forms of diversity get put on the back foot. That is changing, but it’s changing very slowly.”
Patricia Kingori wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a black woman from a single-parent, working-class background I’m very conscious that diversity is sometimes skewed to a very narrow interpretation – it’s generally gender diversity, so racial, social class and other forms of diversity get put on the back foot. That is changing, but it’s changing very slowly.”
Patricia Kingori wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve had all sorts of horrible experiences where I’ve tried to speak to a head of department and they’ve just said, 'This is part of what you have to deal with.' I don’t think anybody would ever be so blasé about it now. I think it’s changing, but I don’t know to what extent or whether it’s changing quickly enough.”
Patricia Kingori wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And being so confused, because I don’t feel like I want to go to the men’s changing room, and I don’t feel like I’m safe in the girl’s changing room.”
Mae Martin (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our contemporary problem is that human actions since the Industrial Revolution have been changing the composition of the atmosphere the scientific community has been concerned for several decades. By the 1950s it was suggested that the rate of burning fuels such as coal could be changing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”
Ann Henderson-Sellers (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The prices of the fabric have been changing, the prices of everything have been changing; keeping the staff has been a problem because of how to balance up with the economy as it is,”
Lilly Alfonso wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amina Doherty, Changing Lives,https://wadadlipen.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/amina-doherty-changing-lives/”
Amina Doherty (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we are changing institutions, we are changing individuals.”
Isabelle Kamariza first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: She said, Cartier Women's Initiative (March 2024)
“As somebody who's not a very ardent makeup user growing up, fashion was never on the mind. However, I always knew that I wanted to create something where women are the consumers because I just felt that the world was changing fast, but for women, it was changing even faster. For instance, women were beginning to work or study and had access to their own income and access to the internet”
Vineeta Singh wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world is constantly changing, and I feel like my job is to try to see how it is changing.”
Trevor Paglen (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can make a brighter day one smile at time, changing the world starts by changing the life of an individual buy a ticket and most importantly do not forget to buy for someone who needs to be there, everybody needs Jesus. Sekerera”
Tembalami (born 1982) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tembalami goes live celebrating 10 years in music,28 June 2018
“The world is changing. Football is changing. People are growing. We still need to do more back home. The facilities need improvement. For me, I think we need to get the grassroots teams back”
Christy Ucheibe (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The climate is changing, but the question is, is it being caused by natural cycles over the span of the Earth’s history? Or is it changing because we drive SUVs? I don’t believe in the latter. I don’t think that’s the primary driver.”
Mike Johnson (born 1972) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Election denier, climate skeptic, anti-abortion: seven beliefs of new US House speaker Mike Johnson" The Guardian (October 25, 2023)