Lisa Unger Quotes

You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.

I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

The world can only change from within.

I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.

Well, wherever you go, whatever you do, you're still you. You can change your surroundings, start a new life, but you'll always fall into the same old patterns, make the same kind of friends, commit the same mistakes. The thing you need to change is yourself.

We can’t change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.

In order to change the world, I guess a person would have to really get his head together first before he can say anything to the world, to change it.

Instead of looking for the right person become the right person.

You are your only hope, because we're not changing until you do. Our job is to keep coming at you, as hard as we can, with everything that angers, upsets, or repulses you, until you understand. We love you that much, whether we're aware of it or not. The whole world is about you.

No man need stay the way he is.

We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.

For things to change for you, you've got to change!

The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first.

If you will change, things will change for you.

Actually, it does start with you - if you want to change the world, change yourself.