Quotes about change

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

― Leo Tolstoy

 

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

― Albert Einstein

 

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

- Lao Tzu

 

 

“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

 

“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 Tsu

 

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”

― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

 

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

― Mother Teresa

 

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.”

― Walt Whitman

 

“Change yourself. Lo, the world is already changed!”

- Sri Chinmoy

 

“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”

― Sophocles, Antigone

 

“One of the main faults of a fool is that he never changes his mind. ”

- Sri Chinmoy

 

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

― Socrates

 

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.”

― Helen Keller

 

“The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.”

― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

 

“Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.”

― Arundhati Roy