Change Quotes

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

27059 quotes

"Change is the only constant"
Thales of Miletus
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new"
Thales of Miletus
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often"
Thales of Miletus
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"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart."
Confucius
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"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living."
Confucius
Z
"Flow like water, adapt like a shadow."
Zhuangzi
Z
"The greatest mistake is to remain in the same place, refusing to grow."
Zhuangzi
Z
"The greatest revolution begins within."
Zhuangzi
Z
"To be alive is to be in constant transformation."
Zhuangzi
"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."
Marcus Aurelius
"Forget everything. Pretend that this is the beginning of your life. Right now. Stop being governed by inertia."
Marcus Aurelius
"What stands between you and the life you wish to live? Only your thoughts. Change them."
Marcus Aurelius
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"Luxury easily turns into its opposite if the mind does not adapt to modest living."
Epicureanism Epicurus
"In the midst of chaos, there is also an opportunity."
Laozi
"In every ending is a new beginning."
Laozi
"In every difficulty lies the seed of an equal or greater opportunity for growth."
Thales of Miletus
"Every ending is but the beginning of something new."
Thales of Miletus
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"When the wind of change blows, some build walls while others build windmills."
Mencius
M
"When you change your thoughts, you change your world."
Mencius
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"The world is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."
Pythagoras
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"Change is the only constant in life."
Heraclitus
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"Everything flows, nothing stands still."
Heraclitus
H
"The cold things grow hot."
Heraclitus
H
"Everything changes except change itself."
Heraclitus
H
"All is flux, nothing is permanent."
Heraclitus
Z
"The breakthrough comes when you stop fighting against resistance and dance with it instead."
Zhuangzi
Z
"Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and insensate."
Zhuangzi
Z
"Everything changes, yet nothing is lost. The universe is transformation."
Zhuangzi
C
"Only the supremely wise and the deeply ignorant do not change."
Confucius
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"A superior man is always open to new things and ways of thinking."
Confucius