Looking for inspiration to embrace change and transform your life? You’re in the right place. Here’s a list of 101 powerful quotes about change that will shift your perspective and motivate you to take the next step on your journey.
- “Change is the only constant in life.” – Heraclitus
- “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
- “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “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
- “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
- “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
- “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John Maxwell
- “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
- “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
- “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
- “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
- “We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.” – Max DePree
- “When in doubt, choose change.” – Lily Leung
- “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
- “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
- “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett
- “Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” – Bob Goff
- “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
- “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy
- “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman
- “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
- “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
- “Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” – Reinhold Niebuhr
- “The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” – Kakuzo Okakura
- “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
- “Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life.” – Alvin Toffler
- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
- “Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.” – Alvin Toffler
- “You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.” – Denis Waitley
- “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
- “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
- “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
- “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” – Charles Kettering
- “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” – Bill Clinton
- “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “Change is never easy, but always possible.” – Barack Obama
- “The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.” – Warren Buffett
- “Change is the only constant.” – Heraclitus
- “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
- “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.” – B.K.S. Iyengar
- “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu
- “Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “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
- “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John Maxwell
- “If you want to change the world, start with yourself.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” – Nathaniel Branden
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
- “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 only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
- “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia