Motivational Quotes

Change

Of the events of life we may have some control. but over the law of its progress none.

- Draper, John W.

Best Quotes about Change

The only people who like change are wet babies.

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

Shaw, P.K.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Felltham, Owen

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

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

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

Riley, Pat

Some people change their ways when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.

Schoeder, Caroline

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

A Course In Miracles

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, -- but it returneth.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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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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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Lao-Tzu

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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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Change alone is unchanging.

Heraclitus

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I realized the problem was me and nobody could change me except myself.

Petworth, John

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When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Moodie, Susanna

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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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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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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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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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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Jackson, Jesse

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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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Constant change is here to stay.

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

Porter, Irene

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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

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Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Clark, Karen Kaiser

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Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

Waitley, Denis

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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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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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

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

Davis, William B.

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Change starts when someone sees the next step.

Drayton, William

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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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There is nothing permanent except change.

Heraclitus

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To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Churchill, Winston

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The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind.

Angelou, Maya

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The more things change, the more they remain... insane.

Michael Fry and T. Lewis

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It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

Wilde, Oscar

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Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions.

Garfield, Charles A.

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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Herodotus

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If one desires a change, one must be that change before that change can take place.

Bellin, Gita

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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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Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

Ryan, Nolan

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When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Franklin, Benjamin

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The most serious charge that can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

Krutch, Joseph Wood

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There are two kinds of fools: One says, This is old therefore it is good. The other one says, This is new therefore it is better.

Inge, Dean William R.

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Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside.

Pope, Alexander

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It seemed that each time we would become proficient at a given task there would be a change made for no apparent reason. It sometimes appeared that changes were made simply because sufficient time had elapsed since the last change. And then our efforts would begin again from the beginning.

Adalphos, General

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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

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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

Machiavelli, Niccolo