Motivational Quotes

Change

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

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Best Quotes about Change

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.

Johnson, Samuel

If all people are unique, and if they are constantly changing each and every day, then all one can say about any social research finding is that it applied to that group of people on that given day, and given the propensity of humans to be different and to change, then it is unlikely that one would get the same results if one were to repeat the study.

Dyer, Wayne

They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom.

Confucius

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Burke, Edmund

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity.

Cary, Joyce

Changes start occurring when budgets are cut.

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

Porter, Irene

Everything changes but change.

Zangwill, Israel

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

Byrd, Richard E.

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The moment of change is the only poem.

Rich, Adrienne

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The fish only knows that it lives in the water, after it is already on the river bank. Without our awareness of another world out there, it would never occur to us to change.

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Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.

King Whitney Jr.

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Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Clark, Karen Kaiser

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Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Rogers, Will

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They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Andy Warhol

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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

Socrates

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Believe, if thou wilt, that mountains change their place, but believe not that man changes his nature.

Mohammed

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If we want everything to remain as it is, it will be necessary for everything to change.

Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi Di

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Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.

A Course In Miracles

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Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.

Tilden, Bill

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

Beauvoir, Simone De

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You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

Waitley, Denis

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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

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The word change, so dear to our Europe, has been given a new meaning: it no longer means a new stage of coherent development (as it was understood by Vico, Hegel or Marx), but a shift from one side to another, from front to back, from the back to the left, from the left to the front (as understood by designers dreaming up the fashion for the next season).

Kundera, Milan

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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Buddha

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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing.

Astor, Lady Nancy

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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.

Peters, Thomas J.

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Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change, doing something.

Buscaglia, Leo

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Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde.

Virgil

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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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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

Sallust

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Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.

Sinetar, Marsha

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Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.

Otto, Herbert A.

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They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.

Ruskin, John

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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

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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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It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

Gurdjieff, George

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When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change -- then you will change.

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Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only one of these moments at a time. As we begin to change this moment, we begin to change our lives.

Hunt, Trinidad

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You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.

Brown, Les

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When you make a career change there has to be some kind of connection. I remember a Beverly Hills attorney who wanted to become a potato farmer in Oregon. Well, there's a guy who's born to lose.

Richfield, Lew

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People do no change with the times, they change the times.

Shaw, P.K.

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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.

Menander of Athens

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Change yourself, change your fortunes.

Proverb, Portuguese

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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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People don't change. Only their costumes do.

Moorse, Gene

47.

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?

48.

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

49.

Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. We see only ourselves reflected in those around us. Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of our own. The whole world and its condition has its counter parts within us all. Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world will change.

Zambucka, Kirsten

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Some folks won't look up until they are flat on their backs