Henry Rollins Quotes

You change the world by being yourself.

The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.

People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

Your courage draws people out of complacency into their destiny.

Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something -- some new skeleton -- was emerging from beneath the softness of her accustomed self. With a deep, visceral ache, she wished her true form might prove to be a sleek and shining one, like a stiletto blade slicing free of an ungainly sheath. Like a bird of prey losing its hatchling fluff to hunt in cold, magnificent skies. That she might become something glittering, something startling, something dangerous.

If I can change, anybody can change.

You ain't got to change the whole world. You just alter it a little bit and you redefine it into something beautiful.

When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change.

...we must be a beacon of hope, because if you tell people there's nothing they can do, they will do worse than nothing.

What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.

My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.

Whether she won or lost, she would continue to wrestle with life. It would not be with her own life alone but with all of life. Something had finally been released within her. And there it was, the sea.

Accept what you can not change-change that which is unacceptable.

People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.

He didn't think he belonged here, so she was making him face some uncomfortable facts. People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted.

Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams they may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

You look on the Internet, and people are transforming themselves on a daily basis, and it's not a superficial thing, it's not a vain thing, and it's not an "I don't like the way I look" thing. It's people truly being creative. It's a way of making your mark and making a statement, and I love that. Beauty is making a statement in whichever way you choose to do so, and I think that's a beautiful thing.

Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.

We all have the potential to move the world, and the world is ready to be moved.

where the world ends is where you must begin

How could you not know?" His voice was full of wonderment. "You changed me utterly. You were like a...like a bright, wonderful bloom in a garden full of weeds. Like a graceful capital on a page of plain script, a letter decorated with the deepest, finest colors in all Erin. Like a flame, Caitrin. Like a song.