"Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Change Tags: alter, things, worse More From Francis Bacon "Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy." "They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea." "The great end of life is not knowledge but action." More In Change "As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn’t occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it."― Sargent Shriver "Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game."― Brett Favre "The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind."― Maya Angelou