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Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

For above all, love is a sharing. Love is a power. Love is a change that takes place in our own heart. Sometimes it may change others, but always it changes us.

For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock.

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?

For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.

For many people a job is more than an income - it's an important part of who we are. So a career transition of any sort is one of the most unsettling experiences you can face in your life.

For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.

For new ideas to be translated into new realities requires not only clarity of vision but also the opportunity to change old realities.

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.

For some natures, changing their opinions is just as much a requirement of cleanliness as changing their clothes: for others, however, it is merely a requirement of vanity.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.

For things to change, you have to change. For things to be different, you have to be different. Before financial success can occur personal growth must occur.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

For what wears out the life of mortal men? 'Tis that from change to change their being rolls; Tis that repeated shocks, again, again, Exhaust the energy of strongest souls And numb the elastic powers.

Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

For young people today things move so fast there is no problem of adjustment. Before you can adjust to A, B has appeared leading C by the hand, and with D in the distance.

Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change ... we are in collision with tomorrow.

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

Get out into the sunlight-out where everything is-with a vibration that is so dominant that those who annoy you, those who don't agree with you, those who make your life feel uncomfortable, don't come into your experience, because your vibration-through your practice-has become so clear, so pure, so clean, so in keeping with what you want, that the world that revolves around you just feels like that. That's what you planned.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.

God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. This prayer was first printed in a monthly bulletin of the Federal Council of Churches and has become enormously popular. It has been circulated in millions of copies.

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Goes the song, "we change, we change." But the music is still mine.

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it

Great changes are easier than small ones.

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees

Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.

Groundless superstition ill befits an army; valor is the only deity that rules in the warrior's breast.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change.

Growth is a detox process, as our weakest, darkest places are sucked up to the surface in order to be released...often, it is not a change in partners but rather a change in perception that delivers us to the love we seek.