Change Quotes

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

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"Our default settings determine most of our behaviors and outcomes."
Ariely, Dan
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"The power of defaults suggests we should think more carefully about them."
Ariely, Dan
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"Our potential for change is greater than our commitment to it."
Ariely, Dan
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"Change is the only constant in life."
Pollock, John
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"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
Pollock, John
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"We tend to stick with the status quo, even when better alternatives are available. This is the power of inertia."
Thaler, Richard
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"The best way to change behavior is often to change the environment, not the incentives."
Thaler, Richard
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"We are capable of change. Given the right nudges and incentives, people will alter their behavior."
Thaler, Richard
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"Change is possible, but it requires both individual effort and environmental support."
Thaler, Richard
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"Change is the only constant, yet we resist it most."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Growth requires discomfort and vulnerability."
Lehrer, Keith
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"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
BonJour, Laurence
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"The status quo bias makes us prefer things to stay as they are."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"Change begins within the individual"
Goldman, Alvin
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"Change is the only certainty in existence"
Goldman, Alvin
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"Change begins when you stop waiting for permission to be yourself."
Pollock, John
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"What you resist, you strengthen; what you accept, you can transform."
Pollock, John
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"Growth happens at the edge of your comfort, not in its center."
Pollock, John
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"We are creatures of habit, bound by the paths we've already traveled."
Tversky, Amos
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"The status quo bias keeps us making the same decisions even when better options exist."
Tversky, Amos
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"The mind is fundamentally conservative; it prefers familiar to novel, even when novel is better."
Tversky, Amos
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"Moral progress depends on our willingness to question the values we have inherited."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Change begins when we stop defending what we believe and start questioning why we believe it."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Every ending is merely a new beginning wearing different clothes."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Change is not something that happens to us; it is something we become."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Belief persistence happens even in the face of contradicting evidence too often."
Goldman, Alvin
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"Moral progress requires challenging what we took to be established truths."
Goldman, Alvin
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"Movement and change are the essence of all being."
Pollock, John
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"You cannot step into the same river twice."
Pollock, John
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"Change is not something to fear, but to embrace."
Williamson, Timothy