Change Quotes

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

27059 quotes

"In diversity there is beauty and strength."
Maya Angelou
"The needs of a society change."
Maya Angelou
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"Change is like death. You can't stop it."
Alice Walker
"If you want to know about the future, you must release the past."
Toni Morrison
"To transform the world, you must first transform yourself."
Toni Morrison
"The only permanent thing is change itself."
Toni Morrison
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"I'm going to do my thing and if it don't work out, I'll do another thing."
Langston Hughes
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"The time for change is always now."
Langston Hughes
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"Tomorrow is a new page in the book of your life."
Langston Hughes
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"Hunger for change is the surest sign of a living consciousness."
Richard Wright
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"The barriers we face are often the ones we have learned to accept."
Richard Wright
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"The question of integration, then, is a personal question."
James Baldwin
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"Everything is changing and the new world that we have to have cannot be achieved unless we refuse to accept it."
James Baldwin
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"I have learned that you cannot change others, only yourself, and in changing yourself, you may inspire others."
Zora Neale Hurston
"Change demands more courage than maintaining the familiar."
Ralph Ellison
"Change is the only constant, and resistance to it is the only constant struggle."
Ralph Ellison
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
John Steinbeck
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"Change is the only constant in life."
John Steinbeck
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"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
Pearl S. Buck
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"The old must make way for the new, yet in their hearts the wise always carry the lessons of the past."
Pearl S. Buck
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"We need new definitions of old words. Today's patriotism is not yesterday's."
Pearl S. Buck
"Identity is not fixed but fluid, constantly being shaped by experience and choice."
Ralph Ellison
"Sometimes even the smallest decision can change the entire trajectory of your life."
Toni Morrison
"The future cannot be allowed to be just a repetition of the past."
Toni Morrison
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"Change is the only constant, so embrace it or be left behind."
Langston Hughes
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"We are all exiles in our own lives, seeking a home we may never find."
Richard Wright
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"The change we need begins with the change we are willing to make within ourselves."
Richard Wright
"We are shaped by our experiences, but we are not defined by them."
Ralph Ellison
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"Human nature will not flourish, any more than will a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a time, in the same worn-out soil."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"We have all passed through waters and emerged transformed."
Zora Neale Hurston