Holding onto something that is good for you now, maybe the very reason why you don’t have something better. When you are unable to change the situation, you should try to challenge yourself and change yourself.
Read on the 100+ best change quotes that will inspire you to adapt yourself to circumstances and get out of your comfort zones.
1. A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.-Chinese Proverb
2. As the sun’s shadow shifts, so there is no permanence on earth.-Afghan Proverb (on permanence and change)
3. We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.-C. JoyBell C.
4. To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.-Winston Churchill
5. A little axe can cut down a big tree.-Jamaican (on permanence and change)
6. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.-Victor Frankl
7. A rolling stone gathers no moss. –John Heywood
8. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. –George Bernard Shaw
9. At high tide, fish eat ants; at low tide, ants eat fish. –Thai (on permanence and change)
10. People who wait for changes to occur on the outside before they commit to making changes on the inside will never make any changes at all. –Unknown
11. The wheel of change moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down. –Jawaharlal Nehru
12. He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. –Harold Wilson
13. A year’s care; a minute’s ruin. –Filipino Proverb
14. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. –Mahatma Gandhi
15. An hour may destroy what an age was building. –English (on permanence and change)
16. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.–Leo Tolstoy
15. Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.–Stephen Chbosky
16. Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.–Shunryu Suzuki
17. The only people who like change are wet babies.–Author Unknown
18. A decision made at night may be changed in the morning.–Samoan (on permanence and change)
19. The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.–Kakuzo Okakaura
20. Life is like the moon: now full, now dark.–Polish (on permanence and change)
21. The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes.–Chinese (on permanence and change)
22. When the moon is full, it begins to wane.–Japanese (on permanence and change)
23. You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.–Denis Waitley
24. Change is inevitable. except from a vending machine.–Robert C. Gallagher
25. When you are through changing, you are through.–Bruce Barton
26. You can avoid having ulcers by adapting to the situation: If you fall in the mud puddle, check your pockets for fish.–Author Unknown
27. All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.–Ellen Glasgow
28. After you’ve done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over.-Alfred Edward Perlman
29. The measure of intelligence is the ability to change -Albert Einstein
30. Play to your strengths. If you aren’t great at something, do more of what you’re great at. -Jason Lemkin
31. “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” -Leo Tolstoy
32. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” -Rumi
33. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” -Albert Einstein
34. “One day spent with someone you love can change everything.” -Mitch Albom
35. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” -Maya Angelou
36. “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
37. “Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” -Arnold Bennett
38. “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
39. “But you’re so busy changing the world. Just one smile can change all of mine” -Jack Johnson
40. “Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers, and business.” -Mark Sanborn
41. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” -Milton Berle
42. “People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.” -Peter Senge
43. “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” -Philip Pullman
44. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” -Andy Warhol
45. “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” -Charles Kettering
46. “People can cry much easier than they can change.” -James Baldwin
47. “Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” -John Green
48. “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
49. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” -Norman Vincent Peale
50. “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” -Madonna
51. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” -Bill Clinton
52. “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” -Wayne W. Dyer
53. “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” -Nathaniel Branden
54. “Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.” -Nicholas Sparks
55. “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” -Aldous Huxley
56. “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” -Benjamin Franklin
57. “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” -John Kenneth Galbraith
58. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela
59. “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” -Katharine Hepburn
60. “Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.” -William S. Burroughs
61. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” -Mother Teresa
62. “If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.” -C.S. Lewis
63. “Just Because…..“Fashion changes, but style endures.” -Coco Chanel
64. “Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.” -Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
65. “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” -Benjamin Disraeli
66. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi
67. “Nothing is as painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” -Mary Shelley
68. “Sure, everything is ending,” Jules said, “but not yet.” -Jennifer Egan
69. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” -Brené Brown
70. “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” -William Jennings Bryan
71. “Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled “This could change your life.” -Helen Exley
72. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy
73. “Change before you have to.” -Jack Welch
74. “If you don’t like change, you will like irrelevance even less.” -General Eric Shinseki
75. “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large — I contain multitudes.” -Walt Whitman
76. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” -Alan W. Watts
77. “Don’t confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!” -Steve Maraboli
78. “A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.” -Helen Keller
79. “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” -Stephen Chbosky
80. “You must be willing to give up what you are, to become what you want to be.” -Orrin Woodward
81. “Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.” -Esther Dyson
82. “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
83. “Change, like healing, takes time.” -Veronica Roth
73. “Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.” -Friedrich Durrenmatt
74. “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
75. “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” -Libba Bray
76. “Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” -Sydney J. Harris
77. “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” -Martin Luther
78. “Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.” -Stephen King
79. “The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” -Kiran Desai
80. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” -Gail Sheehy
81. “And just for fun… “Change is inevitable–except from a vending machine.” -Robert C. Gallagher
82. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” -George Bernard Shaw
83. “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” -W. Edwards Deming
84. “We are the change we have been waiting for.” -Barack Obama
85. “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
86. “You really can change the world if you care enough.” -Marian Wright Edelman
87. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” -Winston S. Churchill
88. “There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.” -Winston Churchill
89. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” -Malala Yousafzai
90. “If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?” -William Somerset Maugham
91. “You can’t start the change unless dare to be different.” -Toba Beta
92. “It is hard to believe that something that seems so permanent was once so different. Change. I guess that really is one thing you can count on…” -llen Hopkins
93. “There is no greater force for change than people inspired to live a better life.” -Steve Maraboli
94. “It’s brainless to assume that making changes to your window’s view will give a new perspective” -Death Cab for Cutie
95. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” -Mandy Hale
96. “Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are nowhere exactly.” -Lionel Shriver
97. “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” -Tony Robbins
98. “Change happens very slow and very sudden.” -Dorothy Bryant
99. “If we can’t alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.” -Peter David
100. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” -George Bernard Shaw
101. “What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.” -Mignon McLaughlin
102. “Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.” -Vera Nazarian
103. “It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked.” -Shannon L. Alder
104. “The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.” -James Yorke
105. “Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.” -Roger W. Babson
106. “Sometimes, things need to change, because there just isn’t any way for them to stay the same.” -Jay Crown over
107. “If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.” -Kurt Lewin
108. “To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious.” -Kevin Michel
109. “Entrepreneurship is about creating change, not just companies.” -Mark Zuckerberg
110. “To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.” -Sam Walton
111. “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.” -Steve Jobs
112. “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.” -Roy T. Bennett
113. “Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change.” -Catherine Pulsifer
114. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” -Elon Musk
115. “You can’t change what’s going on around you until you start changing what’s going on within you.” -Unknown
116. “Let your smile change the world but never let the world change your smile.” -Unknown
117. “You change the world by being yourself.” -Yoko Ono
118. “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anais Nin
119. “Growth is the only evidence of life.” -John Henry Newman
120. “Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” -S.C. Lourie
121. “We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” -James Freeman Clarke
122. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” -William Arthur Ward
123. “People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
124. “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” -Charles Darwin
125. “The only way that we can change is if we learn.” -C. JoyBell C.
126. “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” -Victor Frankl
127. “Don’t just change, transform.” -Roy T. Bennett
128. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” -Socrates
129. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” -Henri Bergson
130. “The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” -Kakuzō Okakura