92 Quotes on Change to Help You Stay Ahead (ADAPT)

Top 18 Inspirational Quotes About Change in Life (POWER OF CHANGE)

They must change often, who would be constant in happiness. - Confucius — They must change often, who would be constant in happiness. – **Confucius**

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. - Albert Einstein — The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. – **Albert Einstein**

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. - Georg C. Lichtenberg — I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. - Jim Rohn — Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. – **Jim Rohn**

The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change. - Bill Clinton — The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change. – **Bill Clinton**

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. - Henri Bergson — To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. – Henri Bergson

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy — Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. – **Leo Tolstoy**

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. - Harriet Tubman — Every great **dream** begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the **patience**, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – **Harriet Tubman**

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. - Winston Churchill — To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. – **Winston Churchill**

Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy — Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the **future**. – **John F. Kennedy**

If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said ‘Don’t change anything.’ - Henry Ford — If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said ‘Don’t change anything.’ – **Henry Ford**

Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history. - Joan Wallach Scott — Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history. – Joan Wallach Scott

There is nothing permanent except change. - Heraclitus — There is nothing permanent except change. – **Heraclitus**

Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. - Arthur Rubinstein — Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. – Arthur Rubinstein

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future. - Walt Disney — Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the **future**. – **Walt Disney**

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. - Pauline R. Kezer — Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. – Pauline R. Kezer

When it feels scary to jump, that's exactly WHEN you jump. Otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life. And that I can't do. - Oscar Isaacs — When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly WHEN you jump. Otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life. And that I can’t do. – Oscar Isaacs

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. - Albert Einstein — The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. – Albert Einstein

33 Motivational Quotes About Embracing Change (GROWTH)

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
Lao Tzu

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. - Socrates — The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. – **Socrates**

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama — Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other **time**. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – **Barack Obama**

Things don’t have to change the world to be important. - Steve Jobs — Things don’t have to change the world to be important. – **Steve Jobs**

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - Arnold Bennett — Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. – Arnold Bennett

We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are. - Max Depree — We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are. – Max Depree

If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. - Martin Luther King. Jr. — If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. – **Martin Luther King. Jr.**

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. - Oprah Winfrey — The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his **future** by merely changing his **attitude**. – **Oprah Winfrey**

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan W. Watts — The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. – Alan W. Watts

Play to your strengths. If you aren’t great at something, do more of what you’re great at. - Jason Lemkin — Play to your strengths. If you aren’t great at something, do more of what you’re great at. – Jason Lemkin

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. - Jimmy Dean — I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou — If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – **Maya Angelou**

When in doubt, choose change. - Lily Leung — When in doubt, choose change. – Lily Leung

Every day the clock resets. Your wins don't matter. Your failures don't matter. Don't stress on what was, fight for what could be. - Sean Higgins — Every day the clock resets. Your wins don’t matter. Your failures don’t matter. Don’t stress on what was, fight for what could be. – Sean Higgins

Your desire to change must be greater than your desire to stay the same.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Buckminster Fuller — You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. – **Buckminster Fuller**

Just take any step, whether small or large. And then another and repeat day after day. It may take months, maybe years, but the path to success will become clear. - Aaron Ross — Just take any step, whether small or large. And then another and repeat day after day. It may take months, maybe years, but the path to success will become clear. – Aaron Ross

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later. - Bob Goff — Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later. – **Bob Goff**

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. - Anthony D'Angelo — Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. – Anthony D’Angelo

All great changes are preceded by chaos.

Don't make a change too complicated, just begin. — Don’t make a change too complicated, just begin.

Small changes eventually add up to huge results.

Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone. - Billy Cox — Life will only change when you become more committed to your **dreams** than you are to your comfort zone. – Billy Cox

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw — Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – **George Bernard Shaw**

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. – Maya Angelou

I have accepted fear as part of life — specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says, 'turn back.' - Erica Jong — I have accepted fear as part of life — specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says, ‘turn back.’ – **Erica Jong**

Don't expect to see a change if you don't make one. — Don’t expect to see a change if you don’t make one.

If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. — If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin — It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – **Charles Darwin**

It's okay to be scared. Being scared means you're about to do something really, really brave. - Mandy Hale — It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave. – **Mandy Hale**

The changes we dread most may contain our salvation. - Barbara Kingsolver — The changes we dread most may contain our salvation. – Barbara Kingsolver

You can't change what's going on around you until you start changing what's going on within you. — You can’t change what’s going on around you until you start changing what’s going on within you.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. - Friedrich Nietzsche — The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. - Lao Tzu — Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. – Lao Tzu

41 Empowering Quotes About Positive Change (PROGRESS)

One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. - Malala Yousafzai — One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. – **Malala Yousafzai**

You're always one decision away from a totally different life. — You’re always one decision away from a totally different life.

Don’t let rejection create self-doubt. The founder of Starbucks was turned down by 217 of the 242 investors he initially spoke with. - Elizabeth Galbut — Don’t let **rejection** create self-doubt. The founder of Starbucks was turned down by 217 of the 242 investors he initially spoke with. – Elizabeth Galbut

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. - Victor Frankl — When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. – **Viktor Frankl**

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank — How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – **Anne Frank**

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 — 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

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. - Steve Jobs — The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. – Steve Jobs

Life is about change. Sometimes it's painful. Sometimes it's beautiful. But most of the time, it's both. - Lana Lang — Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s beautiful. But most of the time, it’s both. – Lana Lang

You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. - C.S. Lewis — You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. – **C.S. Lewis**

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi — Be the change that you wish to see in the world. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't. - Steve Maraboli — Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t. – **Steve Maraboli**

Let him that would move the world first move himself. - Socrates — Let him that would move the world first move himself. – Socrates

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. - Libba Bray — And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. – Libba Bray

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. - Rumi — Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – **Rumi**

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. - Wayne W. Dyer — Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. – **Wayne W. Dyer**

Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale — Change your thoughts and you change your world. – **Norman Vincent Peale**

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves. - Steve Maraboli — I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves. – **Steve Maraboli**

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. - Mother Teresa — I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. – **Mother Teresa**

Change, like healing, takes time. - Veronica Roth — Change, like **healing**, takes time. – **Veronica Roth**

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. - John Maxwell — Change is inevitable. **Growth** is optional. – **John Maxwell**

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong. - Mandy Hale — **Growth** is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t **belong**. – **Mandy Hale**

One day spent with someone you love can change everything. - Mitch Albom — One day spent with someone you love can change everything. – **Mitch Albom**

Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. - Hermann Hesse — Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. – Hermann Hesse

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. - Eckhart Tolle — Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. – **Eckhart Tolle**

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. - R. Buckminister Fuller — You never change things by fighting the existing reality. – R. Buckminister Fuller

True life is lived when tiny changes occur. - Leo Tolstoy — True life is lived when tiny changes occur. – Leo Tolstoy

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change. - Miles Davis — It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change. – Miles Davis

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. – Kakuzo Okakura

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. - Denis Waitley — You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. – **Denis Waitley**

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. - Harrison Ford — We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. – **Harrison Ford**

If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. - Gail Sheehy — If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. – Gail Sheehy

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward — The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. – **William Arthur Ward**

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. - Spanish Proverb — A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. – **Spanish Proverb**

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. - Stephen Chbosky — Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody. – Stephen Chbosky

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream. - Debby Boone — **Dreams** are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream. – Debby Boone

Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. - Simone De Beauvoir — Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the **future**, act now, without delay. – **Simone De Beauvoir**

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. - Stephen Hawking — Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – **Stephen Hawking**

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. - Hugh Prather — Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. – Hugh Prather

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead — Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwin — Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – **James Baldwin**

Conclusion: The Importance of Change

This world is filled with full of uncertainties but one thing we can absolutely be sure of is that changes are inevitable.

If life has not been treating you well lately then rest assured, your current situation will improve and change.

Nevertheless, the opposite is also true.

If you are having a lot of success lately don’t be complacent otherwise change will surprise you in ways you can’t imagine.

Many people fear change: “better the devil we know than the one we don’t.” But since change is unavoidable then instead of fearing change, we should embrace it.

Changes but seem scary but the truth is, not all changes are bad.

“Without change, growth isn’t possible.”
Leena Sanders

Some changes are essential and utterly critical for our overall well-beings. To put it simply, they are good for us!

Change is what make life interesting and mysterious; without change, life is immensely dull and colorless.

Further reading:

What, when, how, and why to CHANGE? Why is it important? – Medium
The Importance Of Change – Thought Catalog

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Something Needs to Change - A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need — **Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need**

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