Change Quotes

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

27059 quotes

P
"Change is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
Perry, John
S
"Progress demands that we question the assumptions we inherited."
Smith, Barry
S
"Change is not something that happens to us; it is something we do."
Smith, Barry
S
"Change is the only honest response to a living world."
Smith, Barry
S
"We inherit metaphysical assumptions from our predecessors without always examining them."
Schaffer, Jonathan
K
"Change is the only constant in life."
Kaplan, David
K
"The only permanent thing is change."
Kaplan, David
P
"The greatest discovery is that a person can change their life by changing their attitude."
Perry, John
P
"Change is the only constant; acceptance is the only way forward."
Perry, John
C
"Change is possible when people recognize that the status quo is neither inevitable nor just."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"Change accelerates when large numbers of people simultaneously reject the legitimacy of existing arrangements."
Chomsky, Noam
M
"Language evolves because meaning never stays still."
Montague, Richard
S
"Progress requires us to challenge not just others, but ourselves most rigorously."
Smith, Barry
S
"Change is the only constant, yet we spend our lives resisting it."
Smith, Barry
S
"Identity persists through change because what matters is what we keep, not what we lose."
Schaffer, Jonathan
W
"Everything we see could be otherwise. Everything we say could be said differently."
Wittgenstein, Richard
P
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
Perry, John
P
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
Perry, John
P
"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
Perry, John
P
"The only certainty in life is change itself."
Perry, John
P
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
Perry, John
C
"The capacity for growth and change exists in every person, regardless of circumstance."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"The structures that constrain us can be understood and therefore changed."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"Change requires both vision and practical understanding of mechanisms of power."
Chomsky, Noam
B
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Burge, Tyler
B
"The only constant in life is change."
Burge, Tyler
B
"Change is the only constant we can depend upon."
Burge, Tyler
K
"Language evolves because reality demands new modes of description."
Katz, Jerrold
K
"To change how we speak is to change how we think; language and mind co-evolve."
Katz, Jerrold
M
"We are shaped by evolutionary pressures."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett