Change Quotes

Nothing stays the same. These quotes explore transformation, growth, and the courage to start over.

27059 quotes

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"Change is not the exception but the rule of all existence."
Anaximander
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"The changes we observe in nature teach us the inevitability of our own transformation."
Anaximander
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"The river flows always forward, yet always remains itself—such is the nature of change."
Anaximander
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"All things are changing; nothing truly ceases to be."
Democritus
D
"To be is to become."
Democritus
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"Through rarefaction and condensation, all matter transforms and evolves."
Anaximenes
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"Motion is eternal; rest is merely an illusion of perception."
Anaximenes
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"From all things there is a returning"
Empedocles
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"Every element transforms into every other"
Empedocles
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"The universe is eternal motion and change"
Empedocles
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"The only constant is change itself"
Empedocles
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"Change is mere illusion."
Parmenides
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"Division and change are mere appearances."
Parmenides
P
"Change would require being to acquire nonbeing."
Parmenides
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"It is hard to learn an old dog new tricks, yet the mind is ever capable of growth"
Sophocles
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"To change is not to lose oneself, but to discover who one truly is"
Sophocles
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"Change is the law of life."
Euripides
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"The only certain thing in life is change itself."
Euripides
E
"The same river cannot be entered twice."
Euripides
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"Every ending is also a new beginning."
Euripides
E
"The eternal cycle cannot be broken; what separates must reunite, what unites must divide."
Empedocles
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"The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
Aristophanes
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"All things are in flux, and the river of time carries all things away."
Aristophanes
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"Change is the only constant in life."
Frankie Boyle
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"The only thing constant is change itself."
Frankie Boyle
F
"Your past doesn't define your future."
Frankie Boyle
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"The apeiron is the source from which all things arise and to which they return, teaching us that endings are merely new beginnings."
Anaximander
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"Mountains were once valleys, and valleys shall become mountains again."
Anaximander
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"Prosperity often makes a man foolish, while adversity makes him wise."
Democritus
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"To change one's mind is not weakness; to refuse to change is."
Democritus