Change and Transformation Quotes

"I'm a scientist at heart, so I know how important the truth is. However inconvenient, however unattractive, however embarrassing, however shocking, the truth is the truth, and wanting it not to be true doesn't change things."

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

"All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done."

"Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image."

"Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call 'global challenges,' which require global solidarity."

"There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles."

"You can say, 'Well, isn't it unfortunate that chaos is represented by the feminine' - well, it might be unfortunate, but it doesn't matter, because that is how it's represented. It's been represented like that forever. And there are reasons for it. You can't change it. It's not possible. This is underneath everything."

"Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life."

"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."

"When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility."

"Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?"

"What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made."

"I like progress but I hate change."

"All things are only transitory."

"The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow."

"The second coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on this planet. Disease will be eliminated. Death will be abolished. War will be eradicated. Nature will be transformed."

"It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change."

"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."

"During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come."

"A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves."

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

"Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences."

"I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow.'"

"I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations; they're not working hard to change things. When you're a slacker with a pessimistic view of the future, you're likely to meet those expectations."

"Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change."

"There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao."

"People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters."

"The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds."

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

"Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us - more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings."

"Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it."

"I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more."

"I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people."

"Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world."

"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."

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

"Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed."

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

"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance."

"The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we can find, or buy, or cling to that will not change. And it avoids the despair and nihilism born from the mistaken belief that nothing matters, that all is meaningless."

"Trying to change before you're ready isn't likely to be productive. For example, most New Year's resolutions don't last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it's going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure."

"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

"If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves."

"I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change."

"You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change."

"Change brings opportunity."

"Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining."

"To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior."

"Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing."

"Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger."