Change Quotes

"The heart of the matter is that people must change."

"The basis of all reform is to take away something from some of the people."

"Every social movement is a rebellion against the machine; the machine wins if people give up."

"The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

"Every person carries within them the capacity for great change."

"No genuine change comes without sacrifice."

"Tradition is a matter of much wider significance. It cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labour."

"The essence of life is change; those who resist it cling to death."

"A language is a habit and habits are hard to break."

"One must have the courage to change one's opinion when presented with new evidence."

"The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you were."

"If you do not change, you will not grow."

"If we wish to improve the condition of the masses, we must first change the system that oppresses them."

"Change comes to all things in time, whether we will it or not."

"We cannot go far in reading without becoming aware of a change in ourselves."

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

"The old men had money, the new men have made a world."

"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart, mind, and life."

"What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is to make a beginning."

"Nothing is fixed in the temporal flow."

"Change is the only constant, and we must learn to embrace it."

"We grow through the challenges we face."

"Progress without purpose is merely motion, not advancement."

"Every reform begins with someone brave enough to speak the unspeakable."

"The pace of social change is determined by the courage of ordinary people."

"The only thing that is different from one time to another is what is seen and what is seen depends upon how everybody is looking."

"People are always interested in the future but nobody is interested in the past."

"Change is the only permanence."

"Revolution begins with the self, in the self."

"Change begins with one person willing to act."