Change Quotes

“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

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ~ George Bernard Shaw (via Rufus Muturi 9/6/11)

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” ~ John Wooden

“Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you get the most from your talent.” ~ Nolan Ryan

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says ‘we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. ‘Spare me the grim litany of the ‘realist;’ give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.” ~ Colin Powell

“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” ~ Jim Rohn

“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.” ~ Jim Rohn

“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ~ Andy Warhol

“Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.” ~ Zig Ziglar

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” ~ Bruce Lee

“Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.”
Stephen Covey

“Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.” ~ Clint Eastwood

“Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept the things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.” ~ Gail Sheehy

“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.” ~ Goethe