"No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Change Tags: change, circumstances More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." "Power and speed be hands and feet." More In Change "If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree."― Jim Rohn "Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."― William S. Burroughs