Change

• “By learning of Him, by believing in Him, by following Him, there is the capacity to become like Him. The countenance can change; the heart can be softened; the step can be quickened; the outlook enhanced. Life becomes what it should become. Change is at times imperceptible, but it does take place” (Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, January 2003, 4)
• “Second, we must change anything we can change that may be part of the problem. In short, we must repent, perhaps the most hopeful and encouraging word in the Christian vocabulary.” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland)- Kindle Location: 61-63
• “Certainly not everything we struggle with is a result of our actions. Often our trials result from the actions of others or just the mortal events of life. But anything we can change we should change, and we must forgive the rest.” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland)- Kindle Location: 64-65
• “People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others. Blaise Pascal, 1657. Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 95 .
• “Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harlan Sanders once quipped, ‘You ever see a hearse towing a U-Haul trailer? What’s the point of being the richest man in the graveyard- you can’t do any business from there!” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 99
• “I invite you to join me in regularly turning inward to confront there anything we wouldn’t want others to see. It may not be pornography, but it may be arrogance or unkindness, impatience or vanity, or any number of other flaws we need to remedy. Whatever it is let us trim our lamps, add oil, and make those changes necessary that allow us to hold up a brighter candle, a purer light. Christ-focused some of His most pointed opprobrium for the hypocrite. We must never be guilty of that in this battle. Each of us must be the best person we can be in every way we can.” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland) Kindle Loc. 1262-65
• “In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole, and complete. I no longer choose to believe in old limitations and lack. I now choose to begin to see myself as the Universe sees me — perfect, whole, and complete. The truth of my Being is that I was created perfect, whole, and complete. I will always be perfect, whole, and complete. I now choose to live my life from this understanding. I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing. All is well in my world.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 39
• “Let’s use the affirmation, “I am willing to change.” Repeat this often. “I am willing to change. I am willing to change.” You can touch your throat as you say this. The throat is the energy center in the body where change takes place. By touching your throat, you are acknowledging you are in the process of changing.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 39
• “In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole, and complete. I now choose calmly and objectively to see my old patterns, and I am willing to make changes. I am teachable. I can learn. I am willing to change. I choose to have fun doing this. I choose to react as though I have found a treasure when I discover something else to release. I see and feel myself changing moment by moment. Thoughts no longer have any power over me. I am the power in the world. I choose to be free. All is well in my world.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 47
• “It’s hard enough to make changes when we want to, but to try to make someone else change when he or she doesn’t want to is impossible, and it can ruin a good friendship.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 56
• “One of the first affirmations to use is: “I am willing to release the NEED for the resistance, or the headache, or constipation, or the excess weight, or the lack of money or whatever.” Say: “I am willing to release the need for. . .” If you are resisting at this point, then your other affirmations cannot work.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)Page 57
• “When we want to change a condition, we need to say so. “I am willing to release the pattern within me that is creating this condition.” You can say this to yourself over and over every time you think of your illness or problem.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 60
• “What was done in the past is done, and it is over now. But this is present time, and you now have the opportunity to treat yourself the way you wish to be treated.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 61
• “I now realize that I have created this condition, and I am now willing to release the pattern in my consciousness that is responsible for this condition.”You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 65
• “We must be the change we wish to see.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
• “The bottom line is the change in our hearts – a change that results in a change in living.” (Richard C. Edgley, Ensign, May 1998, 13)
• … O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties of your souls; shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumber of death; and lose yourselves from the pains of hell that ye may not become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone which is the second death.
• “Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but . . . life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty.Page 120.
• “Everything changes.” Those words, Suzuki said, contain the basic truth of existence: Everything is always in flux. Until you accept this, you won’t be able to find true equanimity. But to do that means accepting life as it is, not just what you consider the “good parts.” “That things change is the reason why you suffer in this world and become discouraged,” Suzuki-roshi writes in Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen. “[But] when you change your understanding and your way of living, then you can completely enjoy your new life in each moment. The evanescence of things is the reason you enjoy your life.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 168
• “When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. TULI KUPFERBERG” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 184
• “No question, anger focuses the mind. It’s an advance warning system alerting us to threats to our well-being. When viewed this way, anger can be a powerful force for bringing about positive change. But it takes practice—and no small amount of courage—to be present with such uncomfortable feelings and yet not be swept away by them.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 269
• “This is the only way to change others — change ourselves first. Change your patterns, and you will find that “they” are different, too.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)Page 101
• “The old saying, “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is so true. It doesn’t mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means to recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 109
• “Parker is a social movement builder from the Quaker tradition. His theory of change is based on his personal experience of the civil rights movement.  His four steps in building a movement are:1.Decide to live “divided no more” 2. Form “communities of congruence” 3. Go public with the shared vision 4. Transform system of punishment and reward”  – Parker Palmer
• Moroni 8:18…God doesn’t change
• “So how can we shine the pure light of God’s truth into our souls and see ourselves as He sees us? May I suggest that the holy scriptures and the talks were given at the general conference are an effective mirror we can hold up for self-examination? As you hear or read the words of the ancient and modern prophets, refrain from thinking about how the words apply to someone else and ask the simple question: “Lord, is it I?” We must approach our Eternal Father with broken hearts and teachable minds. We must be willing to learn and to change. And, oh, how much we gain by committing to live the life our Heavenly Father intends for us.”  Dieter F. Uchtdorf, October 2014 General Conference
• “In times of change, learners inherit the Earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”  Eric Hoffer
•  April 30th, 1995 – Sunday.  Quito Ecuador… “I just got finished thinking a bit.  For a good while before I was a little scared inside because I wasn’t being as obedient as I know I should’ve been.  I would think a lot of the scriptures, and how the men would always receive punishments or tough trials when they weren’t righteous.  They would receive these things to be reminded of the Lord & to be humbled.  I was always scared that something would happen to me to frighten me to repent or humble me to repent.  At times I even asked for an experience that would change my attitude, that would help me to drop a lot of my carnal desires & sins.  Well, the Lord did answer me.  Because Elder Norris told me that experience of Satan helped to make a change for the better.  But I still wasn’t even close.  I still had an inner feeling and knowledge that I had to change even more.  Well, I kind of put it in the back of my mind, justifying my little sins – I mean, I was spiritually strong enough – Right??  Yesterday, right when I saw that poor kid dead in the street, a song entered my head that said “Do you hear me?  I can feel you near me.  It’s the answer that I’ve been longing for.”  Seeing this boy woke me up.  It was the answer that I was needing.  It hurts me to think that I didn’t have the common sense or strength enough to repent for myself.  The Lord had to humble me through this experience.  It’s sad for me to think that one of the reasons for this kid’s death was to help me to re-evaluate my life and repent of the picky things that in my mind weren’t too big of a deal.”
• 29 of Abril, 1995 – Saturday (10 months as a missionary).  Quito Ecuador….  “Today was a day I soon won’t forget.  I got up today with a weird feeling.  Almost the same as yesterday.  I felt a little weird inside & spiritually…..confused.  I just didn’t feel complete as a missionary or like something was going to happen!  My thoughts were all over the place, and I had a feeling to cry.  It was as if something really big was going to happen.  I prayed for strength, to have much more of the Spirit, to be a better missionary.  I promised I’d quit doing the little sins & that I’d control my thoughts.  Elder Hanks too felt really unusual.  Well, we left the house to catch a bus.  Elder Pickrell & Fernandez told us that a boy had been hit by a car.  Well, we saw the crowd gathered and I had a feeling that this was what the Lord wanted me to see.  To wake me up.  Well, Elder Hanks & I looked & there was a boy, with a newspaper over his body laying down.  All you could see was blood and his brain 5 feet away.  Needless to say, I was big-time shook up and started to think of life, the plan of salvation, death, my family, and I started to evaluate my life.  I need to make a lot of changes.  Life is so fragile.  It helped me realize how close each & every one of us is close to death.  I re-evaluated my way of living & have decided to make a few changes.  I know that the Lord has something big time prepared for me.  I think he wants me to shape up so that I can be a better instrument in His hands.  I don’t know exactly what he wants me to do, but he sure is preparing me to find out.  He’s humbling me and is helping me to remember Him.  I pray I’m worthy for whatever is going to happen, and ready.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
• “How do parents provide financial security, yet create opportunities for meaningful work that leads to self-actualization? Parents have to give their children opportunities to be competent as often as possible. This means that from the time your children are able to do anything for themselves, they do it. In spite of the consideration that your family may employ full-time help, children need to be assigned specific chores for which they are responsible. These might include setting the table, cleaning their rooms, and feeding pets. Additionally, I think you must stimulate them intellectually. Talk to your children and ask for their opinions.” Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 45-46
• “The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.”  Winston Churchill, 1927
• “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” Mandelan
• “President Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), a cabinet member under U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, taught this most important distinction: “The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.”  Religion and Government, Elder Wilford W. Andersen Of the Seventy
• “In a BYU devotional, Elaine Walton, the Director of the BYU school of social work, pointed out that helping someone feel understood may be more important than giving them specific instruction about how to resolve a problem or accomplish a task. “We find [in social work] — even those with the most profound problems –have remarkable ability and motivation to change and to solve their own problems once they really feel understood.”  – President Scott Smith, San Clemente Stake Conference, June 13th, 2021
• “I am not asking that all criticism be silent. Growth comes with correction. Strength comes with repentance. Wise is the man or woman who, committing mistakes pointed out by others, changes his or her course. I am not suggesting that our conversation be all honey. Clever expression that is sincere and honest is a skill to be sought and cultivated. What I am suggesting and asking is that we turn from the negativism that so permeates our society and look for the remarkable good in the land and times in which we live, that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults, that optimism replace pessimism. Let our faith replace our fears.” Manual, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Gordon B Hinkley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and  a Spirit of Optimism