Motivational Quotes

Change

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

- Lynn Hall

Best Quotes about Change

There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Bacon, Francis

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

Dewar, Jeff

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

Change starts when someone sees the next step.

Drayton, William

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

Riley, Pat

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

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

Andy Warhol

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

Churchill, Winston

10.

This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There's only change and resistance to it and then more change.

Meryl Streep

11.

Changes start occurring when budgets are cut.

12.

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

13.

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

Waitley, Denis

14.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

15.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

Maslow, Abraham H.

16.

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

Dean, Jimmy

17.

All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.

Glasgow, Ellen

18.

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

19.

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

Buffett, Warren

20.

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.

21.

Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.

Dunn, Elizabeth C.

22.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

23.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

24.

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

Alinsky, Saul

25.

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

Lynn Hall

26.

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

Brown, Les

27.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Heraclitus

28.

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.

Mazzini, Giuseppe

29.

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

Drucker, Peter F.

30.

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

Petworth, John

31.

Never swap horses crossing a stream.

Proverb, American

32.

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

Real Live Preacher

33.

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

34.

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

George, David Lloyd

35.

A rut is a grave with no ends.

Lampkin, Alan

36.

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

Dante Alighieri

37.

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

Alther, Lisa

38.

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

39.

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

Felltham, Owen

40.

Things do not change, we do.

Thoreau, Henry David

41.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

42.

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

Bible

43.

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

Schoeder, Caroline

44.

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

Walesa, Lech

45.

Things do not change; we change.

Henry David Thoreau

46.

The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment.

Spander, Art

47.

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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Change is inevitable-except from a vending machine.

Gallagher, Robert C.

49.

It is a psychological fact that you can influence your environment and thoughts. If you do so consciously and with high purpose, you can change your habits and attitudes for the better.

50.

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

Rogers, Will