Does anyone know a quote that deals with changing yourself?

Question

I need a quote or bible verse that relates to this..."Sovereinty does not regard the realtionship of father and son. The wolf's welp will grow up a wolf even thoug reared with man himself."

Answer 1

I've always seen it cited as a Persian or Arabian proverb.

عاقبت گرگ زاده گرگ شود
گر چه با آدمی بزرگ شود

"The Wolf's whelp will at last a Wolf become
Though from his birth he find with man a home."

Answer 2

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
-Vince Lombardi

Failures do what is tension relieving,
while winners do what is goal achieving.
-Dennis Waitley

A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
-Samuel Butler

There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
-Logan Pearsall Smith

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.
-Lee Iacocca