Christmas Humphreys Quotes

It follows that I must accept myself for what I am before I can deliberately change it.

Christmas Humphreys

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• Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Change

• For me, for the type of addict I am, when I start getting those swirly thoughts and stuff, and they talk about slippery places, slippery people and slippery things, you know, I need to - I needed to take my cell phone and eliminate all the phone numbers, change the phone numbers so no one I knew before could call me or reach me.

  

  Daniel Baldwin
  • People
  • Change
  • Thoughts

• The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • You
  • First
  • Accept

• If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.

  

  Gary Speed
  • Time
  • Career
  • Change

• The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.

  

  Xavier Rudd
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Change

• I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • World
  • Change
  • Most

• I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • People
  • World
  • Change

• The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

  

  Jack Germond
  • People
  • Important
  • Change

• I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • People
  • Inspiration
  • Advice

• Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Mind
  • Age
  • Change

• I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.

  

  Patricia Riggen
  • Women
  • Change
  • Need

• A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Change
  • Some
  • Conservation

• For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.

  

  Ziyi Zhang
  • Myself
  • Look
  • Mask

• The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

  

  Carl Rogers
  • Change
  • Paradox

• Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • World
  • Book
  • Remember

• I think that governments are going to get disrupted by the blockchain. I think in the same way that the Internet forced everyone to evolve, the Blockchain is going to change the game again.

  

  Adam Draper
  • Game
  • Change
  • Same

• At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • People
  • Trying
  • Change

• If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • You
  • Accept
  • Someone

• Sure, being a reservist wasn't as glamorous, but I was the one who had to look at myself in the mirror.

  

  Larry David
  • Myself
  • Look
  • Mirror

• One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.

  

  Candice Olson
  • People
  • Children
  • Change

• We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'

  

  Mae Jemison
  • People
  • Kids
  • Today

• I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

  

  Barry Mann
  • Know
  • Wife
  • Beginning

• Relaxing, embracing, surrendering, trusting - these are the only tools of a lover of truth. So, turn from warrior into a lover.

  

  Brandon Bays
  • Warrior
  • Lover
  • Trusting

• It follows that I must accept myself for what I am before I can deliberately change it.

  

  Christmas Humphreys
  • Change
  • Accept
  • Deliberately