Motivational Quotes

Change

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

- Bastos, Augusto Roa

Best Quotes about Change

There is nothing permanent except change.

Heraclitus

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

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

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

Harrison Ford

This isn't good or bad. It's just the way of things. Nothing stays the same.

Real Live Preacher

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Buddha

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

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

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Drucker, Peter F.

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Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes -- goodwill among men and peace on earth.

Einstein, Albert

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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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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Branden, Nathaniel

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Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

Huxley, Elspeth

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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it, is service to a fellow human being.

Walesa, Lech

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A rolling stone can gather no moss.

Syrus, Publilius

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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 can cry much easier than they can change.

Baldwin, James

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If things change then they will be different, but if they don't then things will stay the same.

Gilcrest, Peter

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

Proust, Marcel

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We need to change so we can remain the same.

Serrity, Dorothy

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If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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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 things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

Ovid

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We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves.

Lynn Hall

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

Davis, William B.

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Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Clark, Karen Kaiser

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Changes start occurring when budgets are cut.

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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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One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it is impossible they will ever be right.

Ruskin, John

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

Angelou, Maya

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A rut is a grave with no ends.

Lampkin, Alan

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Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

Mailer, Norman

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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.

Kempis, Thomas

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For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

Robbins, Anthony

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It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.

James Gordon

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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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Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.

Hooker, Richard

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

Confucius

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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

Buffett, Warren

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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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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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Things do not change, we do.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Dewar, Jeff

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The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.

Dante Alighieri

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In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.

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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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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