Change Quotes
Everyone hates change because change brings the unknown.Unknown
The philosophers have already perceived the world in various ways; the point is to change it.Karl Marx, from "The Eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach".
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.Colin Wilson
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.Carl Jung
The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self - Two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.Pope John Paul II
We pass the word around we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry we meditate over the literature we play the music we change our minds we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.Lewis Thomas
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.Karl Marx (1845), Theses on Feuerbach (Thesis XI)
What I said never changed anyone. What they understood did.Unknown
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.Will Durant
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.George Santayana
Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things First, a dissatisfaction with self - A felt void or need second, a decision to change - To fill the void or need and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change - The willful act of making the change Doing Something.Dr.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.George Bernard Shaw
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.Charles Darwin
The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly.Homer, The Odyssey
People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example.Author Unknown
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour - By - Hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.Laurence J. Pete
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.Alvin Toffle
The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.Lord Acton
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
I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.Sylvia Plath
Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.Buddha
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.Bernard M. Baruch
The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little.Max Lerne
Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.Theodor Reik
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.Richard Feynman, Letter to Armando Garcia J, December 11, 1985
We must become the change we want to see.Mahatma Gandhi
It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.Francis Bacon
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat.Prince Philip of England
Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate their subject matters.B. F. Skinne
People change and forget to tell eachother.Lillian Hellman
It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.Confucius Analects
Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.Andre Malraux
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - - Or nothing.Nancy Asto
I believe that individuals can make a difference in society. Since periods of change such as the present one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.The Dalai Lama, 1992 Speech
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations
