Motivational Quotes

Change

That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain.

- Bacon, Francis

Best Quotes about Change

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.

Rosenberg, Harold

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.

Dickens, Charles

To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the rising and falling tides (of affairs), so that with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Man thus becomes the victim of the tides when he should be their Master.

Blavatsky, Helena Petrova

Being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view to a viewing point -- a higher, more expansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Crum, Thomas

Change happens in the boiler room of our emotions... so find out how to light their fires.

Dewar, Jeff

Most of us will do anything to become good except change our way of living.

Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator and change has enemies.

Kennedy, Robert F.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Beauvoir, Simone De

We need to change so we can remain the same.

Serrity, Dorothy

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With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

George, David Lloyd

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We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are.

Depree, Max

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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our every man must take on a science fictional way of thinking.

Asimov, Isaac

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We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society.

Naisbitt, John

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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

Sher, Barbara

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The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.

Bastos, Augusto Roa

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We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped.

Bryson, Lyman L.

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A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years, but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind.

Einstein, Albert

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The way of the creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the great harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

I Ching

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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Dean, Jimmy

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Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Clark, Karen Kaiser

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The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die; but all is still here, and, recognized or not, lives and works through endless change.

Carlyle, Thomas

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The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

Drucker, Peter F.

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It's only the view from where you sit that makes you feel defeat. Life is full of many aisles, so why don't you change your seat?

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It struck me while I was sitting here; everything changes but the sea.

Davis, William B.

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You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

Murdock, Mike

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Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

Ward, William A.

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There is nothing exempt from the peril of mutation; the earth, heavens, and whole world is thereunto subject.

Raleigh, Sir Walter

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All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Einstein, Albert

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Change hurts. It makes people insecure, confused, and angry. People want things to be the same as they've always been, because that makes life easier. But, if you're a leader, you can't let your people hang on to the past.

Marcinko, Richard

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Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.

Proust, Marcel

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Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

Ramsay Clark

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To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.

Confucius

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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.

W. Somerset Maugham

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People don't change. Only their costumes do.

Moorse, Gene

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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Watts, Alan W.

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I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow.

Jackson, Nelson

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Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.

Eliot, George

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Two basic rules of life: 1. Change is Inevitable 2. Everyone Resists Change. Remember this: When you are through changing... you're through.

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Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.

Braude, Jacob M.

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Any change, even for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Bennett, Arnold

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Change is not reform, any more than noise is music.

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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

Riley, Pat

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You can't expect to meet the challenges of today with yesterday's tools and expect to be in business tomorrow.

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Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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There is no new thing under the sun. [Ecclesiastes 1:9]

Bible

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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

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Just because everything's different doesn't mean anything's changed.

Porter, Irene

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Give wind and tide a chance to change.

Byrd, Richard E.

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The industrial landscape is already littered with remains of once successful companies that could not adapt their strategic vision to altered conditions of competition.

Abernathy

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Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in. Fear and resentment of what is new is really a lament for the memories of our childhood.

Medawar, Sir Peter