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