“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
This is my favorite quote from Gandhi. It’s a quote that still resonates today, maybe even more than before.
The best way to change the world is to start with ourselves. In my opinion, that’s the starting point. While we sure can influence others, to really change someone, they have to have that spark inside them already.
Pick a few of your favorite change quotes and light a spark of change in someone.
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Change Quotes About Life
“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
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”
― Lemony Snicket
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“You’re always you, and that don’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
― Neil Gaiman
“Forget yesterday – it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow – you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift – today.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
― John F. Kennedy
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“There isn’t anything in your life that cannot be changed.”
― Caroline Myss
“Changing is what people do when they have no options left.”
― Holly Black
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
― Stephen R. Covey
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.”
― Helen Keller
“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.”
― Barbara Kingsolver
Change Quotes – Positive
“Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“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
“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
“Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.”
― Stephen King
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
― Alan Wilson Watts
“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”
― Ovid
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
― Winston S. Churchill
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”
― Martin Luther
“To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.”
― William James
“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”
― Katherine Hepburn
“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t… It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.”
― James Gordon
“But you’re so busy changing the world
Just one smile can change all of mine”
― Jack Johnson
Why Change Is Good Quotes
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”
― Milton Berle
“Don’t be afraid of change. You may lose something good, but you may gain something better.”
― Unknown
“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
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
― William James
“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.”
― Thomas Friedman
“Change not only was inevitable but usually brought its own rewards.”
― Nicholas Sparks
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
― Norman Vincent Peale
Quotes About Change And Growth
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi
“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough.”
― Alain de Botton
“Every day the clock resets. Your wins don’t matter. Your failures don’t matter. Don’t stress on what was, fight for what could be.“
― Sean Higgins
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
― Philip Pullman
“Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Change is the end result of all true learning.”
― Leo Buscaglia
Change Quotes For Business
“Change is inevitable—except from a vending machine.”
― Robert C Gallagher
“There is nothing wrong with change…if it is in the right direction.”
― Winston Churchill
“When in doubt, choose change.”
― Lily Leung
“Change before you have to.”
― Jack Welch
“Every positive change in your life begins with a clear, unequivocal decision that you are going to either do something or stop doing something.”
― Unknown
“Everything is in a process of change, nothing endures; we do not seek permanence.”
― Masatoshi Naito
“You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.”
― Carson Daly
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
― Maya Angelou
“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn’t quite as spectacular.”
― Lisa Lutz
“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
― Albert Einstein
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
― Woodrow Wilson
“In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”
― Warren Buffett
“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you’d like to act.”
― Bob Dylan
Things Change
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”
― Stephen Chbosky
“To say goodbye is to die a little.”
― Raymond Chandler
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
― Barack Obama
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
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― Andy Warhol
“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”
― Taylor Swift
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
― Wayne W. Dyer
“Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.”
― Nicholas Sparks
Change Your Life
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”
― Simone de Beauvoir
“Success comes from the inside out. In order to change what is on the outside, you must first change what is on the inside.”
― Idowu Koyenikan
“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
― Rob Liano
“Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours.”
― Mandy Hale
“Everything is within your power,
and your power is within you.”
― Janice Trachtman
“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.”
― Germany Kent
“Small shifts in your thinking, and small changes in your energy, can lead to massive alterations of your end result.”
― Kevin Michel
“They can rip you bring you down, down to their size, but they will never get to the heart you hold inside.”
― Little Mix
“If you want to turn your life you’re going to have to start making things happen and stop allowing things to happen to you”
― Kyra Davis
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