To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing to keep doing it

About This Quote

While the quote, “To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing to keep doing it” is often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, it has actually been misattributed for some time. The actual quote is, “To change yourself you must move over the line drawn by where you are and take a step. Then you must be willing to keep moving along that line.” This quote is most likely based on Buddha's teachings on the Six-Phase Process of Enlightenment.

Some Similar Quotes

1. We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky. - Walter Mosley

---

2. One day spent with someone you love can change everything. - Mitch Albom

---

3. There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it's one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note,... - Douglas Adams

---

4. If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it. - C.s. Lewis

---

5. People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing. - Jandy Nelson

---

More Quotes By Brent M. Jones

1. Uplifting greetings bring a better spirit to your relationship

---

2. Light brings the day and light leaves the night. Use your time wisely. Reach for the light

---

3. Your most important fight will be the ones that you knew knew couldn't win but you fought as hard as you could anyway.

---

4. To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing to keep doing it

---

5. Nothing in life is guaranteed except change, but I guess that could change.

---