Motivational Quotes

Change

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

- Walesa, Lech

Best Quotes about Change

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

Michael Fry and T. Lewis

Change starts when someone sees the next step.

Drayton, William

We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are.

Depree, Max

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Kennedy, John F.

Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you.

Freeman, James Dillet

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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

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

Buffett, Warren

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Most of us will do anything to become good except change our way of living.

11.

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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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

Sher, Barbara

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

Mazzini, Giuseppe

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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our every man must take on a science fictional way of thinking.

Asimov, Isaac

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Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does.

Almanac, Mary S.

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

Felltham, Owen

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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Strong character is brought out by change, weak ones by permanence.

Paul, Jean

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People don't change. Only their costumes do.

Moorse, Gene

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Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.

Sontag, Susan

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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

ThÝch Nhat Hanh

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

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

Sinetar, Marsha

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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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The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only.

Sade, Marquis De

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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.

Baudrillard, Jean

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Never swap horses crossing a stream.

Proverb, American

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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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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Paz, Octavio

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Everything changes but change.

Zangwill, Israel

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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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All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Einstein, Albert

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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man s: She changes it more often.

Herford, Oliver

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

Churchill, Winston

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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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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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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

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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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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Susan Rice

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The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

Macmillan, Harold

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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.