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Quotes About ChangeGreat quotes about change that you can use in various forms before, during, and after a change initiative – or any time for that matter – these quotes are timeless. –––~~~••• O •••~~~––– “It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.” “If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.” “Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.” “Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.” “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” “People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. A leader's job is to help people have vision of their potential.” “You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.” “I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” “It is never too late to become what you might have been.” “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.” “Our only security is our ability to change.” “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” “Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” “Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.” “People don't resist change. They resist being changed!” “I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.” “There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.” “If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.” “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” “Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” “Everything changes, nothing remains without change.” “We change, whether we like it or not.” “Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine.” “You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.” “The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.” “Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.” “There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” “Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” “I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” “One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” “Be the change you want to see in the world.” “If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living.” “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” “He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.” “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” “Every generation needs a new revolution.” “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” “Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have — and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.” “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.” “The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.” “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” “If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.” “Our moral responsibility is not to stop the future, but to shape it…to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition.” “All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” “All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself.” “If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.” –––~~~••• O •••~~~––– To read about change definitions, take a look at my define change page. To read about a change management model made up by three fundamental change management principles, take a look at my change management model page. Also, you might want to take a look at my change management methodologies page. To keep on learning about other useful skills, go back to the previous page, or click here. To learn more about the skills you need to manage the performance of your direct reports, go to my Management Skills page. To learn more about the skills you need to lead the performance of your entire organization, go to my Leadership Skills page. If you would like change management support using some of the knowledge in this quotes about change through my speaking or consulting services, please click on this link.
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