Change Quotations

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

When you are through changing, you are through.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Change in all things is sweet.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan.

There has been a change in attitude, though.

I definitely believe that art is the best way to produce social change.

You have a losing team, you change the coach.

Money is... I'm very conscious of it because I have it. It's powerful, man. It can change you ever so slightly, ever so slowly, and all of a sudden you're addicted to a million-dollar lifestyle and you've got no choice but to make a bad movie.

I just feel like I'm such a normal person in an industry that is so chaotic and crazy. I am what I am, and I can't change it. And I don't want to change it.

I consider myself straight, but if I met a guy tomorrow and fell in love with him, would I be brave enough to accept that without having to change the way I look at myself?

I'm a vegetarian and change my hair color as much as I can.

I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.

Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.

I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have very high expectations for Obama, and I am extremely hopeful that he will bring great lasting change not just to America, but to the entire world.

Every actor has an obsession with their hair. You can see it on set, and you start to realize it's completely silly. I can be very obsessed by my hair, but all these hours spent trying to style it are useless, because ultimately, you can't change your haircut. It's all the same.

My view of myself doesn't change. I know who I am. I'm Cuban American; both my parents are Cuban - one was a little browner than the other one. That's who I am. I feel sorry that it's taken so long for the film industry to figure it out and to catch up.

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.

You get a culture of entrepreneurship after you have successfully changed the accountability system so that people can use a better process. Process drives culture, not the other way around, so you can't just change the culture, you have to change the system.

I have a unique history. There's no way to ever separate what your life would have been like if you had taken a different path. You have to embrace what is yours, and if you don't like it, you have to decide to change it.

I really love the EMS Vocoder 2000, which is a pretty nice little box. You put one thing in one end and another in the other end, and you're able to change vocals by the sound and do a lot - it's just got a great sound. But the thing is, it's a bit clunky, so it's kind of hard to use it.

In business, sometimes you have to change the CEO in order to change the direction of the company.

We're trying to create people that are going to change the world.

We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.

Part of what I do and what I want to do is I want to bring art into the everyday life. If you can take ordinary just walking in the street and you're confronted by something, that might change your day - it might inspire you.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.

You can't change the world alone - you will need some help - and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.

When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.

Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time.

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.

If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it.

I definitely do like change. I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I don't like the same old thing all the time.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

I drive my wife crazy. I'm hypersensitive, which she will often point out. She'll say something, and I find the way she said it hurtful. And she'll look at me like I'm an idiot and say, 'What are you talking about?' My radar is probably tuned way too sensitively. I wouldn't want to change it because I do think it's an important part of what I do.

The 200 years when Britain and the US were the top two economies were an aberration and that will change. The decline of empires has happened much faster than folks think. I believe that gold will be a far better bet in 20 years than the dollar.

Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way in sports. Why can't society use sports as a way to bring people together and create change?

I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.

The truth is that all civic and social change is friction. Politics is friction. The only way you can bend the arc of history is to create that kind of friction, which is something that makes most people incredibly uncomfortable but which, for whatever reason, because of my upbringing or because of my genetics, is something that doesn't bug me.

There are a lot of millionairess situations. I'm one of them. I've always dated down financially. And now I'm changing my tune on that one. Things are going to change for me.

Can dancing change your life? Yes. It's changed mine. What I've learned is, it's not about how good you are technically. It's about your soul coming through. It's about having fun.

We will do everything to change what needs to be changed, fight against recession so that the country meets its targets, while reinforcing our country in the heart of the euro and the European Union.

When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless campaign for a very thankless position. And he did it because his mother had instilled in him, if you are someone who has the capacity to make a great change, you have the responsibility.