Change Quotes

"Change is the only constant in military affairs."

"The future belongs to those who can adapt quickly to change."

"The only constant in life is change; mastery is adapting to it."

"To change the world, one must first change oneself."

"What is past is prologue; what matters is how we move forward."

"Change is inevitable; the question is whether we guide it wisely."

"The progress of the human race demands that we shall not die for causes of yesterday."

"I believe that change is inevitable but progress is not."

"Circumstances always change the character of a war."

"I am resolved to be a better man than I have been."

"The past cannot be changed, only learned from and transcended."

"A commander who cannot adapt to changing circumstances is like a ship without a rudder in a storm."

"The concept of an unbreakable line has never survived contact with a determined and clever adversary."

"In war, yesterday's certainties often become today's fatal assumptions."

"The past cannot be changed, but the future is entirely within our control."

"To change the world, one must first change oneself."

"In every crisis, there exists an opportunity for transformation."

"A general must be able to adapt his strategy to the nature of the ground and the enemy before him."

"In my experience, the best plans are those that allow for improvisation."

"A general who fears change is already defeated."

"Tradition must be honored, yet never allowed to chain progress."

"The officer who cannot adapt is like a statue: impressive but useless."

"I would not restore the Union as it was."

"I am amazed at the change that has taken place in affairs."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

"Change is the law of life; those who resist it are fighting against nature."

"Change is inevitable; what matters is whether we direct it or are swept by it."

"I never wanted to be in the military, but circumstances pushed me there."

"I am afraid I am a progressive."