Change Quotes

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

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"The past cannot be changed, only the future can be molded."
Sancho Panza
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"He felt that he was not himself, but some other man."
Levin
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"the past is dead, and let it pass! A new life!--as thou sayest, a new world!"
Hester Prynne
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"The past cannot be changed; only the future can."
Monte Cristo
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"Become a new man, Jean Valjean."
The Bishop of Digne
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"Change is inevitable and often unwelcome."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"As a child, I was taught what was right, but I was not taught to correct my temper."
Mr. Darcy
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"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."
Levin
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"To change one's life, one must change one's thinking."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"What is to be done now?"
Raskolnikov
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"The past cannot be changed, only the future can be rewritten."
Edmond Dantès
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"The struggle between duty and desire had become unbearable"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"We are all capable of change and growth."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"He hath changed, and knows not that he hath changed."
Hester Prynne
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"Change is the only constant in life."
Sancho Panza
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"The wheel of fortune turns, and those who were on top find themselves at the bottom."
Don Quixote
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"She could not reconcile her past with her present."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"We cannot change what we are, only what we do."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"We cannot change what we have done, but we can change what we will do"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Change is the only constant."
Levin
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"The past is gone! Wherefore should we not leave it behind us, and start anew?"
Hester Prynne
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"My past is dead; I am born anew."
Edmond Dantès
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"Her life seemed to have reached its crisis."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"The past cannot be repeated. The only thing we can do is to move forward."
Jay Gatsby
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"We cannot change what we are, only what we do."
Nikolai Rostov
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"I understand now that I must live for others, not for myself alone"
Raskolnikov
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"I am no longer Edmond Dantès—I am Monte Cristo."
Edmond Dantès
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"She had wanted to die, and now she wanted to live recklessly"
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"That's the difference between you and me. I can tell you about the past because I know that I'm through with it."
Jordan Baker