Change

Change is inevitable. It is the law of life. Everything in life is in a constant flux of change. Nothing remains the same for long. Our only security in life is our ability to change. And the key to change is to let go of fear – the fear of change, the fear of the unknown.

We are reluctant to change because change can be uncomfortable. We get too comfortable in our habits and environment, and we don’t want to change. Even a rut can be comfortable when we are in it long enough. Change means adapting to the new. To accept new ideas and give up old values and habits is not always comfortable. So we would rather stick with what we know and are comfortable with.

But, when we resist change, life becomes at best a continual struggle; at worst, it passes us by and we are left behind while people around us advance. If we want things to be better, we have to bear with the inconvenience first. Once we have settled into the new environment, we will be glad that we make the move to change. Ultimately, all change is for the better.

Change is hard because we overestimate the value of what we have and underestimate the value of what we may gain. We have to view change as a natural phenomenon – to anticipate it and plan for it. If there is no change, there is no growth, no progress.

When change is necessary, we should just take the plunge. We should welcome the chance to experience new things and opportunities. Quite often, we emerged better for it and are glad that we did it – our lives being richer for the experiences.

Unfortunately, the sad truth is people only change when they are ready. It is difficult to persuade someone to change. No amount of goodwill, or good intention, pleading or persuasion will make people change. But until they come to that moment of realization for themselves, nothing you say or do will make people change.

There will be times when we long for change. When we are unhappy, and we are sick and tired of being sick and tired. That is when we look forward, and welcome a change. When we are ready for change, we do not find excuses or resistances. We know it is time to move on. But when we are not ready, or willing to change, change can be very difficult.

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People resist change largely because of the fear of the unknown. If we are assured that our change is for the better, I think we would gladly do what is necessary to change.

However, we must understand that change is a constant in life. Nothing remains the same forever. At some point, for better, or for worse, we have to change. Maybe we have to change for the worse first, before changing again for the better. We just do not know. What we could do is to go with the flow. When it comes time to change, we must change no matter how reluctant we are.

Any change is better than none and most change is for the better. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. It elevates us from mediocrity and saves us from false security. Certainly it is worth the risk! We must also keep in mind that it is only through change that we can continue to experiment with ourselves and our lives. - Leo Buscaglia

When we find that life is a bore, that existence is a chore, that the wonder and magic of being alive is vanishing, it is possible that it is because we are resisting change. If we have become trapped in a dull, lifeless rhythm, we must resolve to give up our resistance and dance to a new step. When we do, we will surely rediscover that change is our greatest source of happiness, stimulation and continued growth. - Leo Buscaglia

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realized that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world. - Unknown

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Change is uncomfortable, even if it is for the better. That is why people resist change. Unfortunately, like it or not, at some point we have to change. In fact, we have to change constantly because without change, there is no progress, no advancement.

To accept new ideas and give up old values and habits is not always comfortable. But, when we resist change, life becomes at best a continual struggle; at worst, it passes us by and we are left behind while people around us advances.

We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better. - C. JoyBell C.

Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better. - King Whitney Jr.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to (sic) one life before we can enter into another! - Anatole France

Change will occur whether we like it or not. It will either be change in a good and healthy direction or change in a bad and regrettable direction. - John Gardner

Some people grin and bear it. Others smile and change it. - Unknown

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement. - Ovid

Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. - Unknown

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. - George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

Starting something new, or making a big change, requires effort, persistence, and motivation … doubt, fear, and worry will only slow you down. Focus on doing your best now, and celebrate every step of the way. - Doe Zantamata

Don’t change just to impress and please someone. Change because it makes you a better person and it leads you to a better future. When you have to start compromising yourself or your morals for the people around you, it’s probably time to change the people around you. - Unknown

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A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Change is not always improvement, as the pigeon said when it got out of the net into the pie. - G. H. Spurgeon

If you are serious about change, you have to go through uncomfortable situations and stop trying to dodge the process, it's the only way to grow. - Unknown

It’s true, we cannot stop the waves of change; they are the very fabric of our lives. Yet we can learn to surf, to be aware, to balance. - Jack kornfield

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. - Henri Bergson

To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often. - Winston Churchill

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. - Harrison Ford

We change, but always at a cost: to win this you lose that. - Geoffrey Wolff

We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. - Lynn Hall

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. - R. D. Laing

We must change in order to survive. - Pearl Bailey

We pay for every change we make ... and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change. - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Weep not that the world changes – did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep. - William Bryant

When change is rapid and problems abundant, society must be creatively adaptive or fall further and further behind. - David Moss

You can't change who you are. No matter how you struggle, some things will never change. And maybe they shouldn't. - Rob Thurman

You must embrace change before change erases you. - Rob Liano

You must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself. - Roger Zelazny

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. - Jim Rohn

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. - Denis Waitley

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Richard Buckminster Fuller

Change - Quotes

The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first. - Eckhart Tolle

The nature o' things doesn't change, though it seems as if one's own life was nothing but change. - George Eliot

The only constant is change. - Dan Dunne

The present changes the past. Looking back, you do not find what you left behind. - Kiran Desai

The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe. The loud ones only take the credit. - Londo Mollari

The wheel of change moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down. - Jawaharlal Nehru

The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes. - Chinese Proverb

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. - Albert Einstein

The world’s a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy. - Abraham Cowley

There is nothing firm, nothing balanced, nothing durable in all the universe … nothing remains in its original state, each day, each hour, each moment, there is change. - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

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

Things change whether you want them to, or not – unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die with it. - Patricia Briggs

Things do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau

Times are changing, you've got to change with the times. - Dominic Manetta

To change the name and not the letter, is a change for the worst, and not for the better. - Robert Chambers

Change

Everything changes: situation, people, time, place and feelings too. There is no solution in complaining, but rather it is wise to accept the changes occurring around us and within us. When life keeps no options for us, it’s better to move on. - Purba Chakraborty

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. - Robert Frost

Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with the swiftness of the passing moment. - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nothing is permanent. This is the central teaching of the Buddha. Not a career, not an institution, not a wife, not a tree ... All is change; change is the only truth. - Paolo PBacigalupi

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. - Mary Shelley

Nothing remains constant except change itself. - Unknown

Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can't step into the same river twice. Life – evolution – the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy – existence itself – is essentially change. - Ursula K. le Guin

One change always leaves the door open for the establishment of others. - Niccolò Machiavelli

One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before. - Anne Rice

One reason people resist change is because they focus on what they have to give up instead of what they have to gain. - Rick Godwin

Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage! - John Galsworthy

People who wait for changes to occur on the outside before they commit to making changes on the inside will never make any changes at all. - Unknown

Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. - Bill Clinton

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has its enemies. - Robert Kennedy

Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit at home and nurture their memories. - Paul McCauley

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. - Eckhart Tolle

The capacity of the human mind for invention far outstrips its ability to assimilate the changes that inventions produce. - Darryl Conner

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. - Nathaniel Branden

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When we say things like "People don't change", it drives scientists crazy. Because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy, matter, it's always changing. Morphing. Merging. Growing. Dying. It's the way people try not to change that's unnatural. The way we cling to what things were instead of letting them be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of forming new ones. The way we insist on believing, despite every scientific indication, that anything in this lifetime is permanent. Change is constant. How we experience change, that's up to us. It can feel like death, or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it, it can feel like pure adrenaline. Like at any moment we can have another chance at life. - Dr. Meredith Grey

You don't have to love change to be successful, but you need to be willing to accept it. Change is a catalyst for personal growth. It gets you out of a rut, it gives you a fresh start, and it affords you an opportunity to re-evaluate your direction. If you resist change, you're really resisting success. Learn flexibility, or learn to like living with your failures. - John C. Maxwell

Nature obliges everything to change about. One thing crumbles and falls in the weakness of age; another grows in its place from a negligible start. So, time alters the whole nature of the world and earth passes from one state to another. - Lucretius

Reflect frequently upon the instability of things, and how very fast the scenes of nature are shifted. Matter is in perpetual flux. Change is always and everywhere at work; it strikes through causes and effects, and leaves nothing fixed and permanent. - Marcus Aurelius

The key to all change is in our inner transformation, a change of our hearts and minds. This is human revolution. We all have the power to change. When we realize this truth, we can bring forth that power anywhere, anytime, and in any situation. - Daisaku Ikeda

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It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. - Alan Cohen

Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and directed. - John Dewey

The people who keep back change are often exasperating. But they have their work to perform, highly important work, too. Their very opposition, besides helping to weed out the weak ideas, gives the true ideas greater strength. For an idea is not worth much unless it can sturdily make its way through opposition and display toughness of fibre. - John Daniel Barry

The sad thing is that, even though we know our lives aren't working in certain areas, we are still afraid to change. We are locked into our comfort zone, no matter how self-destructive it may be. Yet, the only way to get out of our comfort zone and to be free of our problems and limitations is to get uncomfortable. - Robert Anthony

Change

Change moves in spirals, not circles. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. But every time that happens, what do you get? You get a new day. You get a new one. When you breathe, you inhale and you exhale. But every single time that you do that, you're a little bit different than the one before. We're always changing. And it’s important to know that there are some changes you can't control and that there are others you can. - Dan Dunne

Change. We don't like it. We fear it, but we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind. It hurts to grow; anybody who tells you it doesn't is lying. But here's the truth: sometimes the more things change the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Sometimes change is everything. - Dr. Meredith Greg

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking. - Isaac Asimov

It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims revealed to him by reason, he continues to plod along in old paths until his life becomes frustrating and unbearable – he finally makes the change only when his usual life can no longer be tolerated. - Leo Tolstoy

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Change - Quotes

Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed... Cool things become warm, the warm grows cool; the moist dries, the parched becomes moist... It is in changing that things find repose. - Heraclitus

Fear of change is a part of the state of fear man has ever lived in but out of which he has begun to escape. Civilization might be defined indeed as the steps in his escape. - Elsie Clews Parsons

I’ve learned that for many people, change is uncomfortable. Maybe they want to go through it, and they can see the benefit of it, but at a gut level, change is uncomfortable. - Mitchell Baker

In order to learn one must change one’s mind. - Orson Scott Card

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. - J. Paul Getty

In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. - Eric Hoffer

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t. - Steve Maraboli

It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made. - John Galsworthy

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding. -Marcus Aurelius

Lasting change can only come from within. - Ahsoka Tano

Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change. - Tolstoy

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. - John Steinbeck

Nothing we can do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future. - Ashleigh Brilliant

Off with the old and on with the new. - Unknown

One cause of misery is the inability to change. - Edward Counsel

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Change - Quotes

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

Change is the process by which the future invades our lives. - Alvin Toffler

Change isn't always good. Sometimes changing things is a terrible mistake. - Bob Barker

Change only happens when you change yourself. - Sophie

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama

Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale

Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life. - Alvin Toffler

Change. It's the only thing that you can count on; and it happens, even when we don't want it to. - Carly Corinthos

Do not cherish the unworthy desire that the changeable might become the unchanging. - Gautama Buddha

Don’t be upset and caught up with things or people you cannot change. Instead, move on, let go and concentrate on what you can change. - Unknown

Each of us has the opportunity to change and grow until our very last breath. Happy creating. - M. F. Ryan

Embracing change is never easy, but the reward for doing so can be far greater than anything you can imagine. - Unknown

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. - Harold Wilson

How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be. - Elizabeth Lesser

If you can change your mind, you can change your life. - William James

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Change - Quotes

All times are changing times, but ours is one of massive, rapid moral and mental transformation. Archetypes turn into millstones, large simplicities get complicated, chaos becomes elegant, and what everybody knows is true turns out to be what some people used to think. - Ursula K. Le Guin

Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. - Prince Philip

Change does not fail to occur because of insincerity. The heart patient is not insincere about his wish to keep living, even as he reaches for another cigarette. Change fails to occur because we mean both things. It fails to occur because we are a living contradiction. - Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey

Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men. - Matthew Arnold

Change has to come for life to struggle forward. - Helen Hollick

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim. - I Ching

Change is inevitable. Change is constant. - Benjamin Disraeli

Change is mandatory for extraordinary results. - Unknown

Change is never easy … there’s always a cost. - Unknown

Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life. - Alvin Toffler

Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be. - Unknown

Change is the end result of all true learning. - Leo Buscaglia

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A change is as good as a rest. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change. - Lester Thurow

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. - Edmund Burke

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow. - Richard Bach

All is change; all yields its place and goes. - Euripedes

All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. - Octavia E. Butler

All things must change, to something new, to something strange. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

All you can change is yourself, but sometimes that changes everything! - Gary W Goldstein

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another. - Anatole France

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. - Libba Bray

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. - Richard Nixon

By changing nothing, nothing changes. - Tony Robbins

By the process of directly working in harmony with nature, we do the one thing most essential to change the world; we change ourselves. - Jules Dervaes

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Change demands new learning. - Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Change - Quotes

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. - Katharine Butler Hathaway 

After a while, you’ve got to stop banging your head against the same wall. If you really want change to occur, focus on what you can do and do it, not on what they should do but haven’t and likely won’t. - Doe Zantamata  

All appears to change when we change. - Henri Frederic Amiel

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

All change is opportunity. - Unknown

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another! - Anatole France

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement. - Ovid

Any change is better than none and most change is for the better. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. It elevates us from mediocrity and saves us from false security. Certainly it is worth the risk! We must also keep in mind that it is only through change that we can continue to experiment with ourselves and our lives. - Leo Buscaglia

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - Arnold Bennett

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. - Anthony D'Angelo

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them. - Henry S. Commager

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better. - King Whitney Jr.

Change in all things is sweet. - Aristotle

Change is difficult but often essential to survival. You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. - Les Brown

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. - Unknown

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful. - Buddha 

Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better. - Richard Hooker

Change is often preceded by crisis. The bigger the crisis the greater the opportunity to re-think your future. - Unknown

Change is the law of life. What we need is a flexible plan for an ever changing world. - Unknown

Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. - Unknown

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. - Saul Alinsky

Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not. - Unknown

Change starts when someone sees the next step. - William Drayton

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one’s own unnecessary vegetation. - Unknown

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama

Change. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring beacuse the challenge exists to make us stronger. - Unknown

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others. - Jacob Braude

Don’t change just to impress and please someone. Change because it makes you a better person and it leads you to a better future. When you have to start compromising yourself or your morals for the people around you, it’s probably time to change the people around you. - Unknown

Don’t change yourself because you’re afraid of what people think. Change yourself because you want to be better. - Unknown  

Don’t fear change, embrace it. - Anthony D'Angelo

Everybody wants change, but no one wants to change. - Unknown

Everything changes, nothing remains without change. - The Buddha

Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on. - Alan H Cohen

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

Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy. - Bill Blackman

Hardy folks don’t run from change; they exult in its challenges. - Unknown

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

If the world changes, it is because people living in it have done things that cause it to change. - Unknown

If there were no change, there would be no butterflies. - Unknown

If we do not change, we do not grow. If we do not grow, we are not really living. - Gail Sheehy

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. - Unknown

If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. - Maya Angelou

If you realize that all things change. There is nothing you will try to hold on to. - Lao Tzu

In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost. - Anne Sophie Swetchine

It is not that some people have willpower and some do not. It is that some people are ready to change and others are not. - James Gordon, M.D.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. -Charles Darwin

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. - George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. - Marcus Aurelius

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwin 

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them. - Marcus Aurelius

Open your arms to change, but don’t give up your values. - Unknown

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. - Sydney J. Harris

Our only security in life is our ability to change. - Unknown

People don’t resist change. They resist being changed! - Peter M. Senge

People most amenable to change are those who value learning, change and growth. - Unknown

People underestimate their capacity for change. - John Porter

Progress often brings about change of habits, change of life styles, change of environmental interactions, and a combination of insight and foresight. When such changes are made, the gap between ourselves and our problem is transcended or bridged. The being of the knower is merged with that of the known, and a new relationship grows out of the experience itself. - Henry N. Gerguson

Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. - Unknown

Sometimes the things we can’t change end up changing us. - Unknown

Take Change in both arms and embrace it, – otherwise it will overcome you. - Roger Anderson 

The best way to adapt to change and lead a successful life is to view crises as opportunities, and stumbling  blocks in your path as stepping-stones to the stars. - Denis Waitley

The key to change is to let go of fear. - Unknown

The only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. - Aldous Huxley

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

The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. - Socrates

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. - Charles Kettering 

There is only one reality in life - change. - Unknown

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. - Confucius

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all. - Carlos Castaneda

To stay fresh and alive in spirit, there must be change. Find new tactics, methods, and modes of operation that are right for today’s situation; otherwise you will be left behind. - Unknown

Today we can’t afford not to take chances – I’m always puzzled by people who talk as though advocates of change are just inventing ways to disturb the peace in what would otherwise be a tranquil community. We are not seeking change for the pure fun of it. We must change to meet the challenge of altered circumstances. Change will occur whether we like it or not. It will either be change in a good and healthy direction or change in a bad and regrettable direction. - John Gardner

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. - Arthur Christopher Benson

We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better. - C. JoyBell C.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. - Unknown

We must learn to view change as a natural phenomenon – to anticipate it and plan for it. - Unknown

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. - Abraham Maslow

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realized that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world. - Unknown

When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change. - Lucius Cary

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

When we find that life is a bore, that existence is a chore, that the wonder and magic of being alive is vanishing, it is possible that it is because we are resisting change. If we have become trapped in a dull, lifeless rhythm, we must resolve to give up our resistance and dance to a new step. When we do, we will surely rediscover that change is our greatest source of happiness, stimulation and continued growth. - Leo Buscaglia

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. - Wayne Dyer

When you stop trying to change others and work on changing yourself, your world changes for the better. - Unknown

When you're finished changing, you're finished. - Benjamin Franklin

While changes are inevitable, we can all adjust our sails to meet the winds of transformation so we can still reach our destination safely. - Unknown

Why do we shrink from change? What can come into being save from change? - Unknown

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Frank Herbert

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. - Jim Rohn

You can’t change what’s going on around you until you start changing what’s going on within you. - Unknown

You do not notice changes in what is always before you. - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

You have the power to change. - Les Brown

You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. - Robert Schuller

Change – The Path to Self-Evolution

Among the greatest of natural laws is the condition commonly known as ‘change.’ Through observation of life’s process, we note that change preceded growth – and since all things are constantly in the process of change, it follows naturally that all things must be experiencing growth or evolution.

In the case of man, we find that there is an unrelenting desire for a state of static constancy in life, as opposed to the world of change in which he lives. This tendency does not altogether detract from man’s realization of his highest aspirations, but if pursued to an extreme, it limits his creative expression and the achievement of his cherished goals and ideals.

To illustrate this point, consider the artist who perfects the technique of one aspect of his craft and is quite satisfied to constantly use only that technique because of its proven effectiveness, never trying new ideas of deviating from the original method. Obviously such an artist would know little success, if any, from his craft, and would not have the inner satisfaction of the growth experienced by those who try new ideas and methods to better enhance their creative expression. Such a limited attitude and way of living are in direct opposition to life’s natural process of evolution, and are the cause of much unnecessary anxiety and fear any time a change of importance is required for the growth of an individual.

In order to achieve a greater degree of happiness and fulfilment in life, we must strive to accept change as a necessary and useful part of our lives; as a prerequisite for our growth and mastery.

To better understand change, we must remember that man is a creative being and, as such, is the prime cause of all the conditions he experiences in life; many times the creation of our experiences of change originates from the yearnings of the inner self for fuller expression and are not a conscious effort on the part of the objective mind. The objective mind or intellect of man creates change through the thoughts, beliefs, and subsequent actions that are a part of his daily life.

Therefore, man places himself in a peculiar paradox where he, being the creator of his experiences of change, feels that he is a “victim of fate” and is anxious and fearful of those same changes of which he has been the source.

This can plainly be seen in those who have a pessimistic outlook and tend to dwell on the negative, worldly aspects of life; they seem to manifest more of those same negative conditions and circumstances in their lives than would someone who thinks constructively and positively. Thus, if we want to be happy and have a sense of greater fulfilment, we must create those conditions in our lives that will foster such happiness and fulfilment.

Changes present opportunities for growth which are often mislabelled as “problems” or “obstacles” and are things which we often think of negatively, rather than as positive conditions in which we can evolve certain qualities and characteristics to a greater degree. We will find through personal experience that by greeting those opportunities with a positive and constructive attitude, we quicken our evolvement and attain a greater degree of mastery in our lives.

The opportunity to accept our self-impelled changes and to take control of our lives can begin right now – if we so choose. If we choose not to act, we may delay our evolvement, but only for a time. In the meantime, life will continually present us with more opportunities to evolve ourselves, and we will eventually realize the need of our accepting and taking full advantage of these opportunities if we are to further our growth and mystical development. 

- Mark Ruffing 

Change

Change is always possible unless our brain has stopped functioning. It is a choice that need not be wrenching or threatening. Adapting to life’s currents is a natural process, and, in the final analysis, the path of least resistance. 

Of course, the new, the untested, the uncertain cause their share of anxiety. But any change is better than none and most change is for the better. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. It elevates us from mediocrity and saves us from false security. Certainly it is worth the risk! We must also keep in mind that it is only through change that we can continue to experiment with ourselves and our lives.

When we find that life is a bore, that existence is a chore, that the wonder and magic of being alive is vanishing, it is possible that it is because we are resisting change. If we have become trapped in a dull, lifeless rhythm, we must resolve to give up our resistance and dance to a new step. When we do, we will surely rediscover that change is our greatest source of happiness, stimulation and continued growth. 

- Leo Buscaglia 

Change or Perish

I got the following interesting fact about the eagle from another blog. I am not sure how true this is though. But still, it is a good parable.

The eagle has the longest life-span of its species. It can live up to 70 years. 

However, in its forties, its long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food. Its long and sharp beak becomes bent. Its aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers become stuck to its chest and make it difficult to fly. 

The eagle is then left with 2 options: die, or go through a painful process of change which last 150 days.

The process requires that the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it drops off. After that, it will wait for a new beak to grow back. With the new beak, it will pluck out its talons. When the new talons grow back, the eagle will start plucking its aged feathers.

And after 5 months, the eagle takes its famous flight of re-birth and lives for 30 more years.

This parable illustrates the importance of change. Many times, in order to survive we have to undergo a process of change. We sometimes need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions. Only when we are free from past burdens, can we take advantage of the present.

Change is a law of life. Without change, there would be no growth, no progress, no improvement to our lives. In the case of the eagle, change is a matter of life and death. 

Change

Are you one of those who embraces change, or are you one of those who resist change, and prefer the safety of the tried and tested?

Habit and apathy prevent us from wanting to change. Some people would prefer to be in a rut than to change. Yes, even a rut can be comfortable – once you get used to it. To accept new ideas and give up old values and habits is not always comfortable. It is often easier for us to deny that there may be more appropriate, more creative possibilities for our lives. 

When we resist these potentialities, life becomes at best a continual struggle; at worst, it passes us by and we are left behind while people around us advances.

Change can be fearful, no doubt, and any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. That is why people fear change and resist change. But without change there will be no progress. Hence, we must learn to embrace change. We must constantly renew, and rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we stagnate. 

When change is necessary, we should just take the plunge. We should welcome the chance to experience new things and opportunities. Quite often, we emerged the better for it and glad that we did it too. This is how we progress, and our life would be richer for these experiences.

Change is the law of life. Everything in life changes. Nothing is constant in life. We must learn to view change as a natural phenomenon – to anticipate it and plan for it. Our only security in life is our ability to change. And the key to change is to let go of fear – the fear of change, the fear of the known.