Quotes about Change

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life - Diane Ackerman

The journey in between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place - Barbara De Angelis

The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. - Alan Ashley - Pitt

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. - Francis Bacon

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. - Francis Bacon

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. - James Baldwin

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

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. - Bruce Barton

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

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. - Benjamin Disraeli

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. - G. C. Lichtenberg

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. - William James

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. - Carl Jung

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. - Mignon McLaughlin

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives. - Kathleen Norris

All things change; nothing perishes. - Ovid

In order to live...act; in order to act...make choices - Ayn Rand

One changes from day to day...every few years one becomes a new being. - George Sand

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. - Gail Sheehy

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change. - John A. Simone

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief - Gerry Spence

Things do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. - Alice Walker

The hardest part about moving forward is not looking back! - Unknown

Do not repeat chapters, for the ending of the story never changes! - Unknown

It's hard to take chances but sometimes it's better if you do. - Unknown

Change is hard; you fight to hold on, yet you fight to let go. - Unknown