Quotes on Change
Change is an inevitable part of life. Here are some quotes on change that, upon our reading and reflecting on them, will help us do just that. If we accept change, we can make it our ally, a tool for personal development, and a friend.
Z. Hereford
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Victor Frankl
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction. Winston Churchill
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson
There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe. Marcus Aurelius
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Mary Engelbreit
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. W. Edwards Deming
The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. Henry Miller
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.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. Anonymous
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. Niccolò Machiavelli
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. William Blake
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy
Change always comes bearing gifts. Price Pritchett
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Leo Tolstoy
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Anonymous but commonly misattributed to Charles Darwin
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
Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. W. Somerset Maugham
Our only security is our ability to change. John Lilly
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. Abraham Lincoln