Change Quotes

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Socrates

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market - Cart into a chariot of the sun.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life.

Anatole France

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.

Robert F. Kennedy, 1966 speech

Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before.

Luigi Barzini

If a man die, shall he live again All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Job 1414 Bible Hebrew

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Norman Vincent Peale

Lord 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.

Saint Francis of Assisi

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Douglas Noel Adams

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world which no longer exists.

Eric Hoffe

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

George Shinn

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

H. L. Hunt

Bank on a life, saving towards the certainty of change Ledger all the happiness, pencil in to rearrange Withdraw all the worry Deposit all the faith Compound all the experience and Recognize when the payment is late.

Unknown

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. ... If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

Richard Milhous Nixon

Life is like an ever - Shifting kaleidoscope - A slight change, and all patterns alter.

Sharon Salzberg

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

Sydney Harris

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

German prove

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.

Danish prove

Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society - - Things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.

E. B. White