Quotes on Change

Quotes on change inform us that change is - well, almost - a Law of life. Almost, because there is also something that is changeless. That something is within. Outside of us, that is, in the world - everything changes. Some people call it a fact of life. Often, we like to avoid change and are afraid of changes in our relationships, health, job, social standings and so on. We do not want to grow old and get sick and ultimately die. Yet, we know that this is what has been happening to all life forms, since the day '0'. Quotes on change help us accept change and understand it deeply so we can face life in all its facets with courage and integrity. Enjoy.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Victor Frankl

Technological change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Albert Einstein

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

Henri Bergson

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

Shunryu Suzuki

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Confucius

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

Things do not change; we change.

Henry David Thoreau

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

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

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

Mary Engelbreit

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

M. Scott Peck

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

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

William Somerset Maugham more quotes on change