Change Quotes

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.

All change is not growth; as all movement is not forward.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place in between that we fear… It’s like being between trapezes. It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold on to.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Since changes are going on any way, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and […]

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

A year ago, if I had $100 in gold in my pocket, I was a law-abiding citizen; if I perchance had a pint of whiskey I was a criminal. Today, if I have the whiskey, I am a law-biding citizen; but if I have the gold I am a criminal violating the law.

Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not.