Change Quotes

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

27059 quotes

"We must shift from a mindset of domination to a mindset of partnership with nature."
Vandana Shiva
"We need to move from a linear economy of extraction to a circular economy of regeneration."
Vandana Shiva
"The loss of farmer autonomy is the loss of cultural identity for millions of people worldwide."
Vandana Shiva
"When agriculture becomes industrial, communities become dependent rather than self-reliant."
Vandana Shiva
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"Change is not something that happens to us; it is something we actively create."
Angela Davis
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"Change begins with consciousness, grows through education, and ripens into action."
Angela Davis
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"Disaster communism is the idea that in times of crisis, we share resources and rebuild collectively."
Naomi Klein
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"The future belongs to those who can adapt, who can learn, who can imagine alternatives."
Naomi Klein
N
"Moments of crisis are when the impossible becomes possible if we're organized and ready."
Naomi Klein
A
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
Arundhati Roy
A
"Change begins with the refusal to accept what is."
Arundhati Roy
B
"Change doesn't happen because it's convenient; it happens because people demand it."
Barbara Smith
B
"Transformation requires that we grieve what we are leaving behind."
Barbara Smith
"Climate change is the defining issue of our time because it affects everything else."
Bill McKibben
"We cannot solve the climate crisis without confronting the systems that created it."
Bill McKibben
A
"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."
Angela Davis
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"The unraveling of institutional racism is a task that requires all of us."
Angela Davis
A
"We have to engage in the struggle to transform the world."
Angela Davis
W
"Grassroots movements are the most powerful force for change in the world."
Winona LaDuke
W
"Our ancestors survived by adapting to change; we must do the same with wisdom."
Winona LaDuke
W
"The time for incremental change has passed; we need transformation."
Winona LaDuke
W
"We are living in an age of extraction; we must transition to an age of regeneration."
Winona LaDuke
W
"Change is inevitable; the question is whether we will shape it or be shaped by it."
Winona LaDuke
W
"The most important revolution is the one happening in how we think about ourselves and our relationship to the earth."
Winona LaDuke
"We have industrialized agriculture and in doing so, we have made farming a war against nature."
Vandana Shiva
"The destruction of nature is the destruction of the future."
Vandana Shiva
"We need to shift from extractive thinking to regenerative thinking."
Vandana Shiva
"We are in a race between catastrophe and consciousness."
Vandana Shiva
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"We need a global movement for climate action."
James Hansen
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"Fear of the future should drive change."
James Hansen