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People sometimes have a very hard time accepting change. -- John Zorn
Accept change as a friend. And don't take yourself too seriously. -- Tom Peters
Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die. -- Ray Noorda
Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status. -- Greg Bear
People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them. -- Jean Monnet
Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change. -- Antanas Mockus
I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better. -- Diane Keaton
I'm always willing to accept change, just as long as it isn't change for the sake of change. If that change will result in a better way of doing things, then I'm all for it. -- James Van Fleet
Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the Giants and Dodgers from New York to California brought that pressure in abundance. -- Ford Frick
An individual's state of consciousness (awareness) simply means his ability to accept change in his life. It includes new thoughts and new feelings, and the new behavior and actions that will naturally come as a result. -- Harold Klemp
Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change. -- Harold Bloom
We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change. -- Angela Merkel
Conservatives are inclined to use the powers of government to prevent change or to limit its rate to whatever appeals to the more timid mind. In looking forward, they lack the faith in the spontaneous forces of adjustment which makes the liberal accept changes without apprehension, even though he does not know how the necessary adaptations will be brought about. -- Friedrich August von Hayek
To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow. -- Ricardo Semler
Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth. -- Daisaku Ikeda
Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity. -- Allan Lokos
The desire to change things must begin with accepting things as they are. -- Marty Rubin
I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept. -- Angela Davis
Some people change. Most people don't. Accepting this makes it much harder for them to disappoint you. -- Ingrid Weir
If you want to be educated and wise, you must open your heart, expand your mind, be accepting and ready to change. -- Debasish Mridha
The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them. -- Steve Maraboli
The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words "Yes, dear. Whatever you want. -- Patrick Dempsey
Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations. -- Gerald Jampolsky
We don't need to justify love; it is there or not there. Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them. -- Miguel Angel Ruiz

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