Change Quotes

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

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"Necessity is the mother of progress"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Change is the only constant in history"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"The work of the negative is the work of the positive"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Progress is the product of continuous improvement."
John Locke
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"Fire and water are always the same, but the occasions on which they are applied are perpetually varying"
David Hume
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"Revolution is not the answer; evolution of thought is."
Immanuel Kant
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"The natural course of things draws towards equality."
Adam Smith
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"It is the nature of man to repine at inequality."
Adam Smith
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"Change is the essence of reality; stagnation is merely illusion."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Change is the proof that reality is alive and dynamic."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"If we remove a violent emotion, it is replaced by another emotion that is less violent."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Innovation is the breath of life in a commonwealth."
Thomas Hobbes
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"The seed of revolution grows in the heart of the oppressed."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"I have broken the chains; now we must forge a new society."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"New opinions are always suspected and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common."
John Locke
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"No man is born an artist or a coward; we make ourselves what we are by our daily choices."
John Locke
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"Change is the only constant in the universe."
Immanuel Kant
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"La reforma es la ley fundamental de nuestra existencia como nación."
Benito Juárez
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"Nothing is more common than for men to think that existing customs are eternal and unalterable."
David Hume
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"We must change ourselves before we can change our world."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Everything which is determined to move is determined so by another external thing."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Grief and joy both indicate a transition in one's power of being; the difference is which direction."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Change comes to those brave enough to seize it."
José de San Martín
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"El progreso sin justicia es injusticia."
Benito Juárez
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"Los grandes cambios requieren hombres de gran carácter."
Benito Juárez
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"El progreso es posible cuando hay justicia."
Benito Juárez
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
John Locke
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"A man cannot strip himself of all properties at once."
David Hume
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"The most violent and sudden changes in life may come to us from causes seemingly trivial."
David Hume
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"The revolution succeeds not when enemies are defeated, but when a new society is born."
Toussaint L'Ouverture