60 Best Quotes On Change
1. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” -Albert Einstein
2. “If you’re in a bad situation, don’t worry it’ll change. If you’re in a good situation, don’t worry it’ll change.” — John A. Simone, Sr.
3. “Tides do what tides do–they turn.” ― Derek Landy
4. “People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t” ― Stephen Fry
5. “What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”-Jeff Bezos
6. “The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.” ― Barbara Kingsolver
7. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” -Maya Angelou
8. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” —Bill Clinton
9. “In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.” -Jimi Hendrix
10. “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” ― Philip Pullman
11. “And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.” ― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
12. “Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor” ― Alexis Carrel
13. “People are very open-minded about new things, as long as they’re exactly like the old ones.” – Charles F. Kettering
14. “Don’t let rejection create self-doubt. The founder of Starbucks was turned down by 217 of the 242 investors he initially spoke with.” — Elizabeth Galbut
15. “One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world” -Malala Yousafzai
16. “Play to your strengths. If you aren’t great at something, do more of what you’re great at.” — Jason Lemkin
17. “Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
18. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ― Barack Obama
19. “Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. ” ― William S. Burroughs
20. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” ― Malala Yousafzai
21. “A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.” ― Helen Keller
22. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important” -Steve Jobs
23. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brene Brown
24. “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” – Steve Maraboli
25. “All is flux, nothing stays still.” ― Plato
26. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” — Harriet Tubman
27. “We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become.” ― Dr. David Hawkins
28. “The great growling engine of change – technology.” – Alvin Toffler
29. “Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn’t quite as spectacular.” ― Lisa Lutz
30. “When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.” ― Andy Warhol
31. “Every day the clock resets. Your wins don’t matter. Your failures don’t matter. Don’t stress on what was, fight for what could be.” — Sean Higgins
32. “Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” -John F. Kennedy
33. “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? – Hillel
34. “What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” ― Abraham Maslow
35. “Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” -Nikos Kazantzakis
36. “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
37. “Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.” — Kin Hubbard
38. “Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” -Sydney J. Harris
39. “Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.” ― Seth Godin
40. “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” ― Jacob M. Braude
41. “Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you’d like to act.” ― Bob Dylan
42. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin
43. “I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back….” ― Erica Jong
44. “We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.” ― Walter Mosley
45. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” -John C. Maxwell
46. “The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.” ― Susanna Kearsley
47. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
48. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” — Oprah Winfrey
49. “Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
50. “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” ― Leo Tolstoy
51. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
52. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” -Winston Churchill
53. “Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ― Roy T. Bennett
54. “I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better” – Plutarch
55. “Change before you have to.” -Jack Welch
56. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
57. “To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.” ― William James
58. “The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.” – Ellen Glasgow
59. “Words are where most change begins.” ― Brandon Sanderson
60. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” – Karl Marx