Forbes India 15th Anniversary Special

Thoughts on change

Published: Apr 22, 2018 08:13:10 AM IST
Updated: Apr 20, 2018 06:37:59 PM IST

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
—Malcolm X
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There is nothing stable in the world; uproar’s your only music.
—John Keats

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behaviour.
—Katharine Hepburn
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A step backward after making a wrong turn is a step in the right direction.
—Kurt Vonnegut

A man of destiny knows that beyond this hill lies another and another. The journey is never complete.
—FW de Klerk

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Change is inevitable. In a progressive country, change is constant.
—Benjamin Disraeli

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
—Frank Zappa
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Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
—Lao Tzu

'Change’ is scientific, ‘progress’ is ethical. Change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
—Bertrand Russell
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Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward.
—Barbara Kingsolver
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The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
—GWF Hegel
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Our future lies in continuing to look up, continuing to look out, continuing to probe for the pie in the sky. It’s there.
—Malcolm Forbes
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