Change Quotations

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

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

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

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

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

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

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

When you are through changing, you are through.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Change in all things is sweet.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

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

With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our time.

Design should be easy in the sense that every step should be obviously and clearly identifiable. Simplify elements to make change simple so you can manage the technical risk.

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.

Part of what I do and what I want to do is I want to bring art into the everyday life. If you can take ordinary just walking in the street and you're confronted by something, that might change your day - it might inspire you.

We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.

We're trying to create people that are going to change the world.

In business, sometimes you have to change the CEO in order to change the direction of the company.

I really love the EMS Vocoder 2000, which is a pretty nice little box. You put one thing in one end and another in the other end, and you're able to change vocals by the sound and do a lot - it's just got a great sound. But the thing is, it's a bit clunky, so it's kind of hard to use it.

I have a unique history. There's no way to ever separate what your life would have been like if you had taken a different path. You have to embrace what is yours, and if you don't like it, you have to decide to change it.

You get a culture of entrepreneurship after you have successfully changed the accountability system so that people can use a better process. Process drives culture, not the other way around, so you can't just change the culture, you have to change the system.

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.

Every actor has an obsession with their hair. You can see it on set, and you start to realize it's completely silly. I can be very obsessed by my hair, but all these hours spent trying to style it are useless, because ultimately, you can't change your haircut. It's all the same.

My view of myself doesn't change. I know who I am. I'm Cuban American; both my parents are Cuban - one was a little browner than the other one. That's who I am. I feel sorry that it's taken so long for the film industry to figure it out and to catch up.

I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have very high expectations for Obama, and I am extremely hopeful that he will bring great lasting change not just to America, but to the entire world.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.

Money is... I'm very conscious of it because I have it. It's powerful, man. It can change you ever so slightly, ever so slowly, and all of a sudden you're addicted to a million-dollar lifestyle and you've got no choice but to make a bad movie.

You have a losing team, you change the coach.

I definitely believe that art is the best way to produce social change.

I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.

I just feel like I'm such a normal person in an industry that is so chaotic and crazy. I am what I am, and I can't change it. And I don't want to change it.

I'm a vegetarian and change my hair color as much as I can.

I consider myself straight, but if I met a guy tomorrow and fell in love with him, would I be brave enough to accept that without having to change the way I look at myself?

When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless campaign for a very thankless position. And he did it because his mother had instilled in him, if you are someone who has the capacity to make a great change, you have the responsibility.

We will do everything to change what needs to be changed, fight against recession so that the country meets its targets, while reinforcing our country in the heart of the euro and the European Union.

For every expert that says humans are the cause of 'climate change' there are 10 more who say we aren't.

If we are going to change our diets, we first have to relearn the art of eating, which is a question of psychology as much as nutrition. We have to find a way to want to eat what's good for us.

It is never too late to change the way you eat - once you do, your body will thank you with a longer and healthier life.

I've always had a Marxist understanding of history: democracy is a result of a broad modernization process that happens in every country. Neocons think the use of political power can force the pace of change, but ultimately it depends on societies doing it themselves.

I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year.

We need to change the culture of this topic and make it OK to speak about mental health and suicide.

An actual saga demands change, both in its characters and its world.

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

I definitely do like change. I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I don't like the same old thing all the time.