Change Quotes

"We construct identities through roles that can trap us if we are not vigilant."

"We tend to change our beliefs when they conflict with our actions, not the other way around."

"Discomfort between thought and action is the birthplace of change."

"We change not when we know better, but when we feel the strain of knowing better."

"Change begins not with insight but with the discomfort of self-contradiction."

"The uncomfortable feeling of inconsistency is the compass of growth."

"Change is not the result of argument but of unbearable internal contradiction."

"The uncomfortable space between belief and action is where real change happens."

"The discomfort of cognitive dissonance is the price we pay for self-awareness."

"Change happens not when we understand something intellectually but when we feel its absence."

"The person who cannot tolerate inconsistency cannot tolerate growth."

"Change comes from the unbearable need to make our actions and our beliefs cohere."

"What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself."

"Growth takes place when there is real choice, when necessity is removed."

"We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are."

"I gradually learned that when I could be myself, it was then that real change could take place."

"I firmly believe that constructive personal change can occur only when a person chooses to change."

"Change begins with the decision that the status quo is no longer acceptable."

"Behavior is shaped by environment, not destiny."

"The past shapes us only insofar as we let it condition us."

"Society progresses by improving behavioral conditioning methods."

"The gradual shift toward evil is often invisible to those who perpetrate it."

"The shift from personal to institutional morality is gradual and nearly imperceptible."

"The erosion of personal responsibility occurs gradually and almost imperceptibly."

"When faced with ambiguity, we turn to others; when we turn to others, we often lose ourselves."

"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."

"Changing systems is harder than changing individual minds, but it's necessary."

"Custom is a second nature that destroys the first."

"You must always be prepared to correct your views."

"Environment is the supreme shaper of destiny, far more powerful than any inherited trait."