Motivational Quotes

Change

The moment of change is the only poem.

- Rich, Adrienne

Best Quotes about Change

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

George, David Lloyd

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

Proust, Marcel

We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the ;status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.

Rowan, Carl

To change and change for the better are two different things

Proverb, German

We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability.

White, Lynn

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

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 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

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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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

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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

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In pain is a new time born.

Chamisso, Adelbert Von

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

Branden, Nathaniel

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

A Course In Miracles

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

Felltham, Owen

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

Hooker, Richard

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

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Bellin, Gita

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

Porter, Irene

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Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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Constant change is here to stay.

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

Davis, William B.

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

Ruskin, John

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It is not well to make great changes in old age.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Krutch, Joseph Wood

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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For organizations and employees alike, the only real security is the ability to grow, change and adapt.

Kearney

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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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Early civilizations complained about still earlier ones, much as we do about both.

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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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Change is difficult but often essential to survival.

Brown, Les

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Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

McLaughlin, Mignon

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