Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't read more

I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may ;consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change. -Dr. Robert Anthony.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change. -Dr. Robert Anthony.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.

Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high
position.
[Lat., Asperius nihil est humil read more

Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high
position.
[Lat., Asperius nihil est humil cum surgit in altum.]

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can read more

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for read more

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.