Quotes About Change in Life
It might come forcefully like a tidal wave, or creep along incrementally like a glacier. It might come in the form of devastating tragedy, difficult choices, broken relationships, or even new opportunities.
Even though change can be difficult, many times it’s also for the best. Accomplishing anything great in life requires us to make significant changes that push us beyond our comfort zones.
Often, the only way to improve our lives is to force ourselves to undergo difficult changes.
That might mean breaking up and leaving a stale – but comfortable – relationship, leaving a mediocre – but stable – job, moving away from a nice – but uninspiring – location, or anything else that’s holding us back from accomplishing our dreams.
Here are some quotes about change in life.
Change your thinking, change your life. Ernest Holmes
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist
Transformation literally means going beyond your form. Wayne W. Dyer
Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. John C. Maxwell
I’m adaptable. Anne Hathaway. The Dark Knight Rises
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. Benjamin Disraeli
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better. Georg Lichtenberg
We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become. Dr. David Hawkins
Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win. Max McKeown
If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou
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. Nolan Ryan
Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Roy T. Bennett
And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. Libba Bray
People do not change, they are merely revealed. Anne Enright
A year from now you will wish you had started today. Karen Lamb
When in doubt, choose change. Lily Leung
The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself. C. Joybell C.
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. Isaac Asimov
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Steve Jobs
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Khalil Gibran
Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control. Steve Backley
Nothing is forever except change. Buddha
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela
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
Change yourself and your work will seem different. Norman Vincent Peale
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Shopenhauer
The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change. Bill Clinton
Fashion changes, but style endures. Coco Chanel
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi
Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. Elon Musk
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. John Wooden
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson
Play to your strengths. If you aren’t great at something, do more of what you’re great at. Jason Lemkin
Things don’t have to change the world to be important. Steve Jobs
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. Sir Richard Branson
Change your thoughts and you change your world.Norman Vincent Peale
It’s never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. Lao Tzu
If change is constant, then learning must also be continual. Meir Liraz
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
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. Kakuzō Okakura
Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future. Walt Disney
The more things change, the more they are the same. Alphonse Karr
To know and not to do, is not to know. Leo Buscaglia
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
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
The more you adapt, the more interesting you are. Martha Stewart
There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life. Theodore Rooosevelt
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. Frank Herbert
Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win. Max McKeown
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. Rev. Jesse Jackson
If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? W. Sommerset Maugham
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. Alfred North Whitehead
It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change. Mignon McLaughlin
Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late. Seth Godin
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. Hermann Hesse
Change is slow and gradual. It requires hard work, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice, and a lot of patience. Robert Greene
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. Hariet Tubman
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. Denis Waitley
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. Ovid
Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them. Owen Feltham
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr
Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone. Billy Cox
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama
The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation. Vernon Howard
If you know what you want to achieve in life, then you are more inspired to change for the better. Philip Vang
To change one’s life; Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions. William James
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing. Nancy Astor
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. Arnold Bennett
You’re always you, and that don’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Neil Gaiman
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. Peter Drucker
There are two kinds of fools: those who can’t change their opinions and those who won’t. Josh Billings
Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away. Frida Kahlo
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide
You must welcome change as the rule, but not as your ruler. Denis Waitley
Dynamism is a function of change. Hillary Clinton
Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. Mandy Hale
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates
You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes. Roy T. Bennett
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. Katherine Hepburn
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus
All great changes are preceded by chaos. Deepak Chopra
Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal. Ali Vincent
The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps. Steve Maraboli
All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow
When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. Tuli Kupferberg
You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone. Roy T. Bennett
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Henry Ford
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. Martin Luther
The future has a way of arriving unannounced. George Will
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. Francis Bacon
You really can change the world if you care enough. Marian Wright Edelman
Change before you have to. Jack Welch
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist
You must be willing to give up what you are, to become what you want to be. Orrin Woodward
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne W. Dyer
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it. Karl Marx
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe
You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be. Marianne Williamson
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. John Wooden
Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream. Debby Boone
Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes. Roy T. Bennett
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Leo Tolstoy
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. Japanese Proverb
One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority. Napoleon Bonaparte
Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. Gail Sheehy
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. Mahatma Gandhi
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody. Stephen Chbosky
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. Aldous Huxley
Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change. Catherine Pulsifer
By changing nothing, nothing changes. Tony Robbins
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Allan Wilson Watts
Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life. Joyce Meyer
We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis. LeeAnn Taylor
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. Friedrich Nietzsche
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. Albert Einstein
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values. Dalai Lama
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Pauline R. Kezer
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
A ship in a harbor is safe, but that’s not why ships are built. John A. Shedd
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.Niccolo Machiavelli
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. Mother Theresa
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. Madonna
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. Alan Cohen
All is flux, nothing stays still. Plato
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. Francis Bacon
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. Nathaniel Branden
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk. William Arthur Ward
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. Spanish Proverb
There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius
Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job. Adlai Stephenson
It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go. Bob Proctor
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. Mark Twain
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
You cannot change what you are, only what you do. Philip Pullman
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. Coco Chanel
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. Abraham Maslow
Few can accept happiness if it means change. We want the life we have now, only happier. Robert Brault
All things must change to something new, to something strange. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia
If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. Anita Roddick
Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves. Rev. Billy Graham
Change alone is unchanging. Heraclitus
I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else. Henry Rollins
Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine. Robert C. Gallagher
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. Victor Hugo
For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent. Tony Robbins
If you want things in your life to change, you have to change things in your life. Kevin Trudeau
Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create. Oprah Winfrey
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
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett
You’re only as young as the last time you changed your mind.Timothy Leary
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
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down. Roy T. Bennett
Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough. Alain de Botton
Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference. Mignon McLaughlin
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Victor Frankl
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill
All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Winston Churchill
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. Jim Rohn
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Charles Dubois
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. Jim Rohn
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right. Tony Robbins
There is nothing permanent except change. Heraclitus
You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. A.A. Milne
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. Sheryl Sandberg
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
When you’re finished changing, you’re finished. Benjamin Franklin
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. Oprah Winfrey
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. Terry Pratchett
Opinions are made to be changed – or how is truth to be got at? Lord Byron
You can live your dreams if you can embrace change. It’s by taking chances that you’ll learn how to be brave. Charles Darwin
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. Robert Frost
There is nothing permanent except change. Heraclitus
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward
In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. Warren Buffett