Change Quotes

1. God, grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Niebuhr

2. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint. - C. M. Ward

3. Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future. - Unknown

4. The greatest power we have is the ability to envision our own fate - and to change ourselves. It begins with the recognition that change is necessary. - Noel M. Tichy

5. All change doesn’t mean progress, and yet all progress comes from change. - Unknown

6. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwin

6. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. – Dalai Lama

7. Man’s mind stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

8. It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise. - Nancy Thayer

9. Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. - Arthur Christopher Benson

10. When you blame others you give up your power to change. – Unknown

11. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

12. Be the change that you want to see in the world. - Mohandas Gandhi

13. Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

14. There is only one constant in life... "CHANGE". You can learn to embrace it or fight it, you get to choose. - Unknown

15. In times of change, [the] learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. - Eric Hoffer

16. I've learned to become adaptable to the coming of each season for every leaf that changes color, changes for a reason. - Linda Ellis

17. A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn. - Unknown

18. ‎What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly. - Lao Tsu

19. If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic. - Hazel Henderson

20. You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate. -Seneca

21. Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. - Robert C. Gallagher

22. The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced. - John Peers

23. By learning of Him {Jesus Christ}, by believing in Him, by following Him, there is the capacity to become like Him. The countenance can change, the heart can be softened, the step can be quickened, the outlook enhanced. Life becomes what it should become. Change is at times imperceptible, but it does take place. - Thomas S. Monson

24. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

25. If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. -Gail Sheehy

26. As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behaviour. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works. - John Maxwell

27. We sometimes need to look deep within a person...to truly understand and appreciate their value and worth. For we may only be seeing a glimpse of a particular season...and like unto the change of seasons...there can come an amazing change within that individual. - Kay Stott

28. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. - Carol Burnett

29. Change your thoughts and you can change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale

30. Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Frank Herbert

31. Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on. - Alan H. Cohen

32. Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. - Dr. Laura Schlessinger

33. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan W. Watts

34. If you think you are too little to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room. - Unknown

35. The only unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. - John F. Kennedy

36. If there were no change, there'd be no butterflies. - Unknown

37. One cannot manage change, one can only be ahead of it. -Peter Drucker

38. We must either find a way or make one. - Hannibal

39. Great changes are easier than small ones. - Francis Bacon

40. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Tolstoy

41. People don’t resist change, they resist being changed. - Peter Scholtes

42. If you always do what you’ve done, you will always get what you’ve always got. -Ed Foreman

43. The only completely consistent people are dead. - Aldous Huxley

44. Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. - Robert Kennedy

45. When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us. -Alexander Graham Bell

46. The world hates change yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. -Charles Kettering

47. 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

48. If you want to make enemies, try to change something. - Woodrow T. Wilson

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

50. Adapt or perish, now as ever, is Nature’s inexorable imperative. - H.G. Wells

51. Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. -Simone De Beauvoir

52. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

53. People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

54. He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. - Harold Wilson

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

56. To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. - Winston Churchill

57. Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. - Denis Waitley

58. Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let’s love turbulence and use it for change. - Ramsay Clark

59. You had better be ready to change your mind when needed, or your mind will change you. - Henry B. Wilson

60. Two basic rules of life: 1. Change is Inevitable 2. Everyone Resists Change. Remember this: When you are through changing…you’re through. - Unknown

61. Change is imminent! We must enthusiastically embrace it, manage it, and craft it to our advantage. - Steve Craft

62. Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. - Brian Tracy

63. 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. - Albert Einstein

64. You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn’t want to. - Robert H. Schuller

65. Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. - Socrates

66. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan W. Watts

67. Those interested in perpetuating present conditions are always in tears about the marvelous past that is about to disappear, without having so much as a smile for the young future. - Simone De Beauvoir

68. Some people change their ways when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. - Caroline Schoeder

69. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life. -Anatole France

70. 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. - John Ruskin

71. It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt

72. 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

73. I am not called upon or expected to change any world except the one at the end of my fingertips. - Richard F. Schubert

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

75. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. - Jose Ortega Y Gasset

76. After you’ve done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over. - Alfred Edward Perlman

77. Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you. - James Dillet Freeman

78. A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. - Spanish Proverb

79. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. - Mike Murdock

80. What might not happen in a year might happen in an instant. - Puerto Rican Proverb

81. 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.” - Dean William R. Inge

82. Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die. - Ray Norda

83. To learn is to change. - George B. Leonard

84. Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. - Ella Wilcox

85. They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. - Confucius

86. When you blame others, you give up your power to change. - Unknown

87. It is a long road that has no turning. - Unknown

88. When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills - Chinese Proverb

89. Some changes look negative on the surface, but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. - Eckhart Tolle

90. When the tidal wave of change comes, don't fight the current.  Start looking for a surf board. - Julie Ziglar Norman

91. The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. - Socrates

92. That a man can change himself... and master his own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who is wide-awake to the power of right thought. - Christian D. Larson

93. Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea. - Jim Rohn

94. For things to change, YOU have to change. For things to get better, YOU have to get better. For things to improve, YOU have to improve. When YOU grow, EVERYTHING in your life grows with you. - Jim Rohn

95. You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - R. Buckminster Fuller

96. Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone. - Unknown

97. If you don't require the journey to be easy or comfortable or safe, you can change the world. - Seth Godin

98. We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us. - Stephen Covey 

99. Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress. - Dale Carnegie

100. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. - Mike Murdock

101. If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. - Jack Dixon

102. Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. - Dr. Laura Schlessinger

103. If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong. - Charles Kettering

104. Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. - Indira Gandhi

105. Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let’s love turbulence and use it for change. - Ramsay Clark

106. People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them. -  Ralph Waldo Emerson

107. Don’t sit back and let things happen to you. Go out and happen to things. - Unknown

108. What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he’s stick in a rut. - Mark Twain

109. If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday. -Jim Rohn

110. You don't fear change. You fear the unknown. If you knew the future would be great, you'd welcome the change to get there. Well, the future IS great. Proceed. - Joe Vitale 

111. Often what may appear as a detour in life is actually the most direct and empowering path to your destination. - James Arthur Ray

112. If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure. - Robert Kiyosaki