Change Quotes

"The idea of progress is properly no more than a correct application of the laws of individual development to the social order."

"A change would do you good; he is a state of confinement."

"We are creatures of habit, and habits shape our destiny."

"The greatest barrier to progress is the fear of the new."

"I am not always of the same opinion today as yesterday."

"Progress without stability is merely chaos disguised as advancement."

"One must adapt to survive; stagnation is a form of death."

"To fear change is to embrace decline."

"One cannot create lasting change through force alone."

"Innovation without tradition is recklessness; tradition without innovation is stagnation."

"The mind that cannot change is the mind that cannot survive."

"I have found that those who fear change are those who fear irrelevance."

"The old ways are not always the best ways, but they have endured for reason."

"Change is inevitable; the only question is whether we direct it or it directs us."

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

"You can never plan the future by the past."

"A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

"The spirit of improvement is not the spirit of contentment."

"Novelties should not be thrust upon me so quickly."

"The modern world moves far too quickly for my taste."

"One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas"

"Progress is not an accident but a necessity"

"We are bound by the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature."

"Progress is never guaranteed; it must be fought for by each generation."

"The only thing constant in this world is change itself."

"The greatest revolution is a quiet one."

"The modern age demands new thinking and bold action."

"In every ending lies the seed of a new beginning."

"One must face change with courage, though tradition provides us comfort."