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Our brains possess a remarkable ability for neuroplasticity, enabling adaptation and growth. Meanwhile, habits act as the linchpins of change, signposting our way towards new behaviors and perspectives.
Mastering the Winds of Change: A Deeper Understanding
1. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
2. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
3. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
4. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
5. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
6. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell
7. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
8. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
9. “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” – Charles Darwin
10. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
11. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
12. “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” – Mary Shelley
13. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
14. “Change alone is unchanging.” – Heraclitus
15. “Our only security is our ability to change.” – John Lilly
16. “I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.” – Georg C. Lichtenberg
17. “He who rejects change is the architect of decay.” – Harold Wilson
18. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
19. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
20. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy
21. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
22. “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
23. “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
24. “You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.” – Denis Waitley
25. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
26. “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming
27. “We know what we are, but know not what we maybe.” – William Shakespeare
28. “Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” – Victor Hugo
29. “In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.” – Benjamin Disraeli
30. “You can’t change who you are, but you can change what you have in your head, you can refresh what you’re thinking about, you can put some fresh air in your brain.” – Ernesto Bertarelli
31. “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” – Aldous Huxley
32. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer
33. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
34. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra
35. “The only way to change our lives is by changing our minds.” – Jane Roberts
36. “Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert
37. “Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.” – Seth Godin
38. “Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.” – James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
39. “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
40. “There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus
41. “In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
42. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” – Elon Musk
43. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life” -Forhad Khan
44. “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl
45. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” – Bill Clinton
46. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
47. “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” – Stephen Chbosky
48. “People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing.” – John Porter
49. “Change is inevitable—except from a vending machine.” – Robert C. Gallagher
50. “One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.” – Robert E. Quinn
Change is in Your Hands: Steer the Wheel of Your Destiny
51. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
52. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
53. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
54. “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” – Benjamin Disraeli
55. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
56. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
57. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
58. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
59. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
60. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
61. “Things do not change; we change.” – Henry David Thoreau
62. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
63. “In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
64. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
65. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
66. “Your desire to change must be greater than your desire to stay the same.” – Unknown
67. “Don’t be afraid of change. You may end up losing something good, but you will probably end up gaining something better.” – Unknown
68. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
69. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
70. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
71. “People can’t live with change if there’s not a changeless core inside them.” – Stephen R. Covey
72. “Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert
73. “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” – Jim Rohn
74. “Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.” – Seth Godin
75. “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
76. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
77. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
78. “We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.” – Max DePree
79. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra
80. “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” – Woodrow Wilson
81. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” – Elon Musk
82. “The only constant in life is change.” – Heraclitus
83. “We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” – Carl Jung
84. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
85. “Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” – Walt Disney
86. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy
87. “You can’t change what’s going on around you until you start changing what’s going on within you.” – Zig Ziglar
88. “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
89. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
90. “Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.” – Alvin Toffler
91. “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” – Confucius
92. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
93. “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” – Charles Kettering
94. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” – Margaret Mead
95. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
96. “Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.” – Esther Dyson
97. “Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers, and business.” – Mark Sanborn
98. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
99. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” – Bill Clinton
100. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
Embrace Personal Change: Your Path to a New You
1. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
2. “Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.” – Swami Vivekananda
3. “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” – Leo Tolstoy
4. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
5. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
6. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
7. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
8. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
9. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
10. “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” – Katherine Hepburn
11. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
12. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
13. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
14. “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl
15. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
16. “You’re always you, and that don’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” – Neil Gaiman
17. “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
18. “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
19. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” – Bill Clinton
20. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
21. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett
22. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell
23. “In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
24. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
25. “Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert
26. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” – Anatole France
27. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
28. “People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.” – Peter Senge
29. “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” – John C. Maxwell
30. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
31. “Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” – Jane Goodall
32. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer
33. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
34. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
35. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan
36. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
37. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
38. “We must become the change we wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
39. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
40. “Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.” – Esther Dyson
41. “To change one’s life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.” – William James
42. “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.” – Anais Nin
43. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra
44. “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
45. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
46. “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” – Philip Pullman
47. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” – Proverb
48. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy
49. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
50. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford
Riding the Wave: The Impact of Change on Daily Life
51. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
52. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
53. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
54. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
55. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
56. “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
57. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
58. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy
59. “In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.” – J. Paul Getty
60. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
61. “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
62. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
63. “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl
64. “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
65. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
66. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
67. “Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” – William Pollard
68. “All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” – Ellen Glasgow
69. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer
70. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” – Bill Clinton
71. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell
72. “Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” – Max McKeown
73. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
74. “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” – Woodrow Wilson
75. “The only constant in life is change.” – Heraclitus
76. “You can’t change who you are, but you can change what you have in your head, you can refresh what you’re thinking about, you can put some fresh air in your brain.” – Ernesto Bertarelli
77. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
78. “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming
79. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra
80. “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” – Sheryl Sandberg
81. “He who rejects change is the architect of decay.” – Harold Wilson
82. “Change is inevitable in life. You can either resist it and potentially get run over by it, or you can choose to cooperate with it, adapt to it, and learn how to benefit from it. When you embrace change you will begin to see it as an opportunity for growth.” – Jack Canfield
83. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
84. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
85. “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
86. “Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” – Walt Disney
87. “Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.” – Seth Godin
88. “The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” – Kakuzo Okakura
89. “People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing.” – John Porter
90. “People will try to tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours.” – Ken Hakuta
91. “To change one’s life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.” – William James
92. “Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.” – Adlai Stevenson I
93. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
94. “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” – Katharine Hepburn
95. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
96. “Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.” – Alvin Toffler
97. “Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.” – Esther Dyson
98. “Change brings opportunity.” – Nido Qubein
99. “When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” – Tuli Kupferberg
100. “The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.” – Barbara Kingsolver
