There are many ways to think about change. Some people see it as something that’s always good, while others see it as something that’s inevitable and unavoidable. In this blog post, we will share with you 15 quotes about change from some of the most famous authors in history.
Famous Quotes About Change
“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” —Galileo Galilei
“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.” —Jesse Jackson
“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
“People don’t resist change, they resist being changed.” —Max De Pree
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.” —Demosthenes
“A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.” —Mark Twain
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” —Philip K. Dick
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” —Albert Einstein
“The more I study politics the more I realize that people are not motivated by political ideologies but by feelings of identity and belonging.” —Haidt
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You can’t get rid of darkness by spreading more darkness.” —Ursula K. Le Guin
“Open your eyes and look within, are you satisfied with the life you’re living?” —Bob Marley
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” —Winston Churchill
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” —Gandhi
“All of us intuitively grasp that some things are right and some things are wrong.” —Jonathan Haidt
“Good and evil both exist in the world, but we don’t have to live with evil. We can stand up against it, and fight it. It’s all around us, though. And it takes some effort to see through it.” —Billy Joel,
“All About Soul – The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” —Herbert Spencer”
Good and Bad Aspects of Change
“I don’t necessarily think change is always good. Sometimes change can be really bad, but I don’t want to be stuck in the past.”
“Everyone needs to be shaken up from time to time so things can move forward.”
“I’m not afraid of change. I’m just not very keen on it.”
“Sometimes the only difference between two choices is our attitude about them. Change your attitude and you’ll have a different life.”
“Everyone has a story. Some stories are better than others. And some people don’t want to change their stories.”
“I’ve always wanted to be different…no one in my family is an artist or writer..”
Positive Experiences With Change
“Change is not something I do well, but I’ve had enough positive experiences with it to know that it’s worth doing.”
“I am not afraid of change so long as the new way is better than the old way.”
“I am able to change and adapt with the times, but I don’t do it well. It’s not something I look forward to.”
“I have had good experiences in the past with change so I am open to trying new things.”
“When change comes along, you can either lie down and die or learn a new way to do things.”
Negative Experiences With Change
“Change is good when it’s positive.” – Muhammad Ali
“When people say ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,’ they don’t know what an old dog can do.” – John Fisher
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Change.
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill
“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley
“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.” – August Kekulé
