Change and Transformation Quotes

"Don't manage - lead change before you have to."

"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."

"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."

"Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change."

"Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities - to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work."

"It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy."

"If you quit every time you face a new challenge, giving up can change how you view yourself. You may begin to think you're weak or that you're a failure because you can't seem to stick with things long enough to see positive results."

"For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise."

"Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature."

"I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to change the things we don't like. I think that's part of social responsibility, and everybody is going to do that in their own way."

"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

"Acknowledging the unproductive thoughts and ineffective behavior that you've tried to ignore can be uncomfortable. But, stepping out of your comfort zone and choosing to proactively address bad habits will skyrocket your ability to create long-lasting change."

"Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it."

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."

"Change before you have to."

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

"In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable."

"Nothing endures but change."

"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

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

"Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change."

"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."

"A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves."

"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."

"Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false."

"Habits change into character."

"In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars."

"I never dwell on what happened. You can't change it. Move forward. Don't waste your energy on being angry at something that somebody did six months ago or a year ago. It's over. Done. Move forward."

"People are spending way too much time thinking about climate change, way too little thinking about AI."

"All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together."

"There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness."

"I get really tired of all the comments saying I should change my approach."

"I change my mind a lot. I usually don't agree with what I say very much. I'm an awful liar."

"To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness."

"The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being."

"We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish."

"I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway."

"We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution."

"The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind."

"On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen."

"I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion."

"So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre. All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant."

"I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change."

"Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be."

"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while."

"The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don't live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow."

"The next five months are grim ones. I always feel sorry to have the summertime change, with the dark evenings closing in mid-afternoon, and will try to lay in some physical comforts these months - the best insurance against gloominess for me."