Change Quotes
Nothing stays the same. These quotes explore transformation, growth, and the courage to start over.
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"Growth requires the willingness to be uncomfortable."Maimonides
"Sadness is a transition to a lesser perfection."Spinoza, Baruch
"We should not fear change; we should fear stagnation."Descartes, René
"Change is inevitable; resistance to change is futile."Avicenna
"Change is the law of existence; those who resist it perish."Al-Ghazali
"Change is inevitable; growth is optional but necessary."Al-Ghazali
"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."Augustine of Hippo
"We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it."Augustine of Hippo
"Change is the nature of existence; to resist it entirely is to resist life."Averroes
"Times are changed; we must change with them."Cicero
"To change one's mind when presented with truth is not weakness but wisdom."Avicenna
"To change the world, one must first change oneself; all reformation begins within."Avicenna
"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them."Epictetus
"Change is the only constant in life."Seneca
"If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person."Seneca
"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."Marcus Aurelius
"Loss is nothing but change, and change is Nature's delight."Marcus Aurelius
"When the will duels with habit, habit always wins."Augustine of Hippo
"Fear often masquerades as wisdom when it counsels against necessary change."Averroes
"In change, we recognize the fundamental nature of existence itself."Averroes
"When you are at Rome live in the Roman style."Cicero
"To live means to grow; to grow means to change."Thomas Aquinas
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."Seneca
"There is a certain relief in change, even if it be from bad to worse."Seneca
"The greatest discovery of all is that a person can change their own nature."Epictetus
"How can you grow if you never allow yourself to be uncomfortable?"Epictetus
"We are not yet what we ought to be, but we are growing toward it."Augustine of Hippo
"I am, but I am not what I was."Augustine of Hippo
"We cannot change what we do not face."Augustine of Hippo
"Everything is temporary."Marcus Aurelius