We must become the change we want to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) Indian Nationalist Leader
David Gurteen's comments: This is a stunning little quote. We are all quick to point out how others should change but rarely think about how we might change. And think about it - we have some control over ourselves but so little over others!
Video: Telugu Folk song from India (1)
Sample folk song created to promote literacy and language learning in Andhra Pradesh, India by PlanetRead
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Quotations are extremely effective at capturing and concisely communicating thoughts and ideas. They can be inspirational but more importantly quotations can help us reveal and assess the assumptions, values and beliefs that underlie the ways in which we perceive the world.
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Quotations from Mahatma Gandhi:
We must become the change we want to see in the world.
Keep my word positive. Words become my behaviors. Keep my behaviors positive. Behaviors become my habits. Keep my habits positive. Habits become my values. Keep my values positive. Values become my destiny.
We must become the change we want to see in the world.
We must become the change we want to see in the world.
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