Change Quotes

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

27059 quotes

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"Falling apart is one way the world gets built."
Richard Rohr
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"The shortest way to change is the longest way through."
Richard Rohr
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"The world is not going to be saved by reform; it is going to be saved by transformation."
Richard Rohr
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"Real transformation requires us to die to ourselves."
Richard Rohr
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"Change begins when we dare to question the status quo."
Tony Campolo
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"Real change requires us to change ourselves first."
Tony Campolo
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"The strike is a lot more than just a strike. It is a revolution."
César Chávez
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"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed."
César Chávez
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"The past does not determine the future unless we let it."
Rob Bell
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"Change is the only constant in life."
Henri Nouwen
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"Change is an opportunity to grow."
Henri Nouwen
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"Change begins when you're willing to be embarrassed by your old way of thinking."
Tony Campolo
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"The shape we are in is not nearly as important as the direction we are heading."
Richard Rohr
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"Transformation is not about becoming someone else, but about becoming fully yourself."
Richard Rohr
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"We don't change our minds; we change our minds by changing our hearts."
Richard Rohr
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"The path of descent teaches us what the path of ascent never can."
Richard Rohr
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"The shadow is where spiritual growth actually happens."
Richard Rohr
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"Conflict is where transformation happens if we stay present to it."
Richard Rohr
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"The false self must die so the true self can emerge."
Richard Rohr
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"To change the world, first change your own heart."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The greatest change happens in the quiet chambers of the heart."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"Tradition and progress need not be enemies"
Rob Bell
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"Change begins with changing how we think and imagine"
Rob Bell
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"We are dying from civilisation as from a disease. Yet the remedy is not to go back, for we cannot undo what has been done."
Thomas Merton
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"Our task is not to fight the system but to replace it with a better one."
Thomas Merton
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"Change is the only constant in the realm of experience."
Rupert Spira
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"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."
Thomas Merton
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"We cannot change the world by fighting it directly; we change it by creating alternatives."
Thomas Merton
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"Every moment presents an opportunity for transformation."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The transformed life transforms the world around it."
Dominic de Guzmán