Change Quotes

"Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong."

- N. R. Narayana Murthy

"Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you have power over instead of craving control over what you don't."

- Steve Maraboli

"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."

- Gilda Radner

"To change one's life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions."

- William James

"A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it."

- Nikki Giovanni

"We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea."

- C. JoyBell C.

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

- Viktor E. Frankl

"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."

- Elon Musk

"You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea."

- C. JoyBell C.

"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end."

- Robin Sharma

"We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it."

- Rick Warren

"Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want."

- Kristin Armstrong

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another."

- Anatole France

"Since we can not change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality."

- Nikos Kazantzakis

"To change what you get, you must change who you are."

- Vernon Howard

"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the problem."

- Coretta Scott King

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."

- Jim Rohn

"He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery."

- Harold Wilson

"Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move."

- Marc Jacobs

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they're not fond of rules … You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things … They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius …"

- Steve Jobs

"Honor the space between no longer and not yet."

- Nancy Levin

"There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny."

- Paulo Coelho

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another."

- Anatole France

"Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands."

- Clint Eastwood

"Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are."

- Bryant H. McGill

"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are."

- Bertolt Brecht

"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses."

- Carl Jung

"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one."