Where could we go if only we had the courage to change? What would we be able to accomplish if only we accepted that dose of risk? Think of the great scientists, entrepreneurs, and politicians who believed in change and researched, studied, toiled, experimented, and struggled until they got it. Here you will hear some of their voices: we have collected the best phrases about change. We hope they will encourage you to embrace the new that awaits you.
Best phrases about change
“The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe does not conspire against you, but neither does it strive to make things easy for you. Conditions are never perfect. “Sooner or later” is a disease that will lead you to never achieve your dreams. Lists of pros and cons have almost the same effect. If something is important to you, and you want to “eventually” achieve it, do it. You will have time to correct mistakes along the way” Tim Ferriss, entrepreneur, author and guru.
“It’s not about having ideas. It’s about making them happen” Scott Belsky, entrepreneur and co-founder of Behance.
“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are the way you want to be” Reid Hoffman, entrepreneur and co-founder of LinkedIn.
“Get out of the story that’s holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create” Oprah Winfrey, host, writer and entrepreneur.
“You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream” Clive Staples Lewis, writer and theologian.
“Life is not about finding oneself. Life is creating oneself” George Bernard Shaw, writer.
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at a time like this, there is no point in pretending nothing has happened or saying we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back” Paulo Coelho, writer.
“There are two kinds of people who will tell you that you can’t make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid that you will succeed” Ray Goforth, director of strategy at Spredfast.
“Power is the ability to achieve goals. Power is the ability to effect change” Martin Luther King, activist and politician.
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And every time the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I’ve realized that something needs to be changed” Steve Jobs, entrepreneur.
“Be the change you want to see in the world” Mahatma Gandhi, politician, philosopher, lawyer.
“The most difficult task in life is to change yourself” Nelson Mandela, politician and activist.
“Change does not always equal improvement, but to improve you must change” Winston Churchill, politician and former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
“You may not be responsible for the situation you are in, but you will become responsible if you do nothing to change it” Martin Luther King, activist and politician.
“Only the wisest or the stupidest of men never change” Confucius, philosopher.
“I am convinced that even in the last moment of our lives we have the chance to change our destiny” Giacomo Leopardi, poet.
“May I have the strength to change the things I can change, may I have the patience to accept the things I cannot change, may I above all have the intelligence to know how to distinguish them” Thomas More, humanist, writer, politician.
“I want every morning to be a new year for me. Every day I want to reckon with myself, and renew myself every day” Antonio Gramsci, politician.
“No man bathes in the same river twice” Heraclitus, philosopher.
“We don’t need magic to change the world, within us we already have all the power we need: it is the power to imagine a better world” J.K. Rowling, writer.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change” Charles Darwin, biologist.
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it had to undergo to achieve that beauty” Maya Angelou, poet.
“For all important changes we must undertake a leap of faith” William James, psychologist and philosopher.
“If we want everything to remain as it is, everything must change” Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer.
“There is no permanent reality except the reality of change; permanence is an illusion of the senses” Heraclitus, philosopher.
“By changing the inner attitude of their minds, human beings can change the outer aspects of their lives” William James, psychologist and philosopher.
“The only constant in life is change” Buddha, philosopher.
“Everyone thinks about changing the world, but no one thinks about changing himself” Lev Tolstoy, writer and activist.
“Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed” Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, chemist and physicist.
“We can all reinvent ourselves. If we find that we are not happy, let us give ourselves a second chance” Luciano De Crescenzo, writer.
“We do not expect things to change if we keep doing the same things” Albert Einstein, physicist.
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change when necessary” Albert Einstein, physicist.
“Change is never painful, only resistance to change is” Buddha, philosopher.
“Starting on a new path is frightening. But after each step we take we realize how dangerous it was to stay still” Roberto Benigni, actor.
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who really change it” Steve Jobs, entrepreneur.
“Those who at fifty see the world as they saw it when they were twenty have wasted thirty years of their lives” Muhammad Ali, boxer.
“Change is the rule of life. And those who look only to the past or the present will certainly lose the future” John Fitzgerald Kennedy, politician, 35th president of the United States.
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” George Bernard Shaw, writer.
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we do not grow, we are not really living” Anatole France, writer.
“Life belongs to the living, and those who live must be prepared for change” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer.
“Whenever you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask yourself whether you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future” Deepak Chopra, writer.
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending” C.S. Lewis, writer.
If some of these phrases have made you think, take them with you: save them, transcribe them, print them, hang them on your home or office walls. And happy change!
