Famous quotes about change- This is a subject that I really like as change is life and life is change… I have always thought that people who complain or fear change are missing this critical revelation. I cannot even imagine doing some of the same things today that I did 20 years ago. Last year I quit a job that I had over 13 years….This for me was astounding since I had never kept any job for that long .I had reached a comfort zone and just stalled there. One day running into the next .Although it was nice to have the steady paycheck I was just in limbo. I ran into a guy who I had worked with recently and he commented that I actually looked better and younger since the last time he had seen me… This got me thinking about Change and how I missed the challenges of it.
This led me to compile this list of famous quotes about change for you. Some quotes are by famous people discussing change as well as some not so famous quotes because I had forgotten how exciting changes can be so I thought I would share them with you…..
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. - Lao Tzu
If you do not like where you are at, change it! You are not a tree – Unknown Author
The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions – Ellen Glasgow
It is not necessary to change, survival is not mandatory – W. Edwards Deming
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal – Arthur Schopenhauer
I can’t go back to yesterday – because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
There is no death only a change of worlds – Chief Seattle
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom – Confucius
To change ones life. Start immediately . Do it Flamboyantly – William James
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. – Marie Curie
One of the most famous and loved musician in the world is John Lennon. He was a song writer, a musician, an activist and a lover of life. One of his famous quotes about change is –
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
This is so true. We very often are so focus on what we want to happen in our lives we forget to remember that we are living our life right now, in this moment.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable – George S. Patton
Too many people grow up. That’s the real problem in the world, too many people grow up. They forget… Walt Disney
Change is all things sweet – Aristotle
It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change – Charles Darwin
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order – Alfred North Whitehead
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea - Pearl S. Buck
People don’t resist change, they resist being changed – Peter Senge
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor – Robert Frost
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery - Harold Wilson
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves – Victor Frankl
Change always comes bearing gifts – Price Pritchett
Life is change, growth is optional, choose wisely – Unknown author
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be – John Wooden
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. - Albert Einstein
To change who you are, change who you think you are – Richard Bach
You must do things that you think you cannot do – Eleanor Roosevelt
When I let go of what I am I become what I might be – Lao Tzu
If you don’t like something, change it, if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it – Mary Engelbreit
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
Change comes from within – Unknown Author
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing – George Bernard Shaw
The world is perfect. As you question your mind this becomes more and more obvious. Mind changes and as a result the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed. It can never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order – Byron Katie
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go – Hermann Hesse
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin must be shed before the new one can come – Joseph Campbell
Things do not change, we change – Henry David Thoreau
Without accepting the fact that everything changes we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is hard for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer – Shunryu Suzuki
Life is the sum of all your choices – Albert Camus
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase – Martin Luther King Jr.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change – Steven Hawking
Study the past, if you would divine the future – Confucius
Self discipline with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think you can’t what you do. Simply, self-discipline allows you to think first and act later – Napoleon Hill
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts – John Wooden
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving – Lao Tzu
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do or do not, there is no try – Yoda (Star Wars)
As you can clearly see changes in life are a natural progression and we all deal with it in different ways. I feel these famous quotes about change have a lot to say and I enjoyed reading them as I hope you did. As I said earlier I have experienced many changes in jobs , where I have lived , and who my friends were and are , and sometimes I know I wonder what it is all about . It is easy to get caught up in the moment or sometimes feel overwhelmed.
I think that is why it is important to stop and read some famous quotes about change to regain perspective. I hope you feel the same and will visit this site again or maybe refer others to it.