Change Quotes

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"The greatest discovery is that a person can change his own nature."

"In every ending is a new beginning."

"The rigid tree breaks in the storm; the flexible one bends and survives."

"Everything flows, nothing abides."

"The Master flows with life; he does not resist change."

"Change requires that being pass into not-being."

"When the root is firmly planted, the tree will flourish."

"Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it might be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable."

"To change the world, one must first change oneself."

"To transform the world, practice transformation daily."

"Man cannot step into the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man."

"Strife is the father of all things."

"The only constant in life is change itself."

"Everything moves and nothing stands still."

"The path of becoming is one of perpetual transformation."

"All things come into being by conflict of opposites."

"Nothing is permanent except change."

"As the same fire takes every shape of every limb, so too the fire takes on different forms."

"The world moves because of the eternal struggle of opposites."

"Transformation is the only reality."

"A tree that is unbending will snap in the wind."

"The butterfly cannot explain itself to the caterpillar."

"By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart."

"The rigid tree breaks in the wind; the flexible one bends."

"Change is the only constant, yet something eternal underlies all change."

"Change is the signature of a living universe, not a flaw in creation."

"A man is not written upon, but is a work in progress."

"Change is the only constant; resist it and suffer, embrace it and grow."

"To yield is to be preserved whole. To bend is to be straightened."