A Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar

Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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Achieved Change Disappointment Leads Practice Sustained Through Transformation

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B.K.S. Iyengar
Indian - Teacher
December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014

I think sometimes younger people - not necessarily thinkers and intellectuals and the like, but people who are on social media and who are not as informed as journalists or professional thinkers - may get a bit, you know, impatient with the necessity of sustained thinking, sustained argumentation, sustained dialogue.

Michael Eric Dyson

Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.

Dalai Lama

A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.

Sam Graves

It's the sustained ability to change that really counts.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

I've sustained a meniscus injury, shortly after that I sustained an ACL injury so really just going through that and going through some personal issues, personal problems within myself.

Terrell Owens

I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.

Tom Stoppard

Faith, it is evident, may be relied on to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation.

Aldous Huxley

This promise from the Lord to His Saints does not imply that we will be exempt from sufferings or trials but that we will be sustained through them and that we will know that it is the Lord who has sustained us.

Benjamin De Hoyos

The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.

Dana Spiotta

By harmony all phenomena are formed and sustained. There is a scientific statement to the effect that this earth is a vast harmonic wave system that is built and sustained by unheard music.

Corinne Heline

Sustained change only happens when we shift at an emotional rather than logical level.

Robin S

The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever, succeed in the markets. The markets are a dynamic process, and sustained investment success requires the ability to modify and even change strategies as markets evolve.

Jack D. Schwager

Our most important priority is sustained economic growth, and I think we can absolutely get to sustained 3% to 4% GDP, and that is absolutely critical for the country.

Steve Mnuchin

A harmonious combination... enough abstraction that the image is sustained by the eye; enough reality that it is sustained by reason and experience. Share this quote with a friend