Change
338 quotes: 53 by Keith Craft, 285 from other voices.
Other voices on Change
- God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.
- Growth is the only evidence of life.John Henry NewmanSourced
- Habit is habit, and not to be flung out the window by man, but coaxed downstairs, a step at a time.
- He that never changed any of his opinions, never corrected any of his mistakes; and he who was never wise enough to find out any mistakes in himself, will not be charitable enough to excuse what he reckons mistakes in others.
- He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
- He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.Harold WilsonSourced
- How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship.Timothy KellerCommonly attributed
- How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!
- Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
- Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, "We've always done it this way." I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.Grace HopperSourced
- I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
- I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
- I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
- I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
- If something causes friction in your life: Remove it, improve it, or do something different. Those are your only options to make your life better.
- If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted
- If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
- If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.
- If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
- If you are troubled by external circumstances, it is not the circumstances that trouble you, but your own perception of them.
- If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking.
- If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.
- If you change your thoughts you can change your actions.
- If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
- If you do things the same way you've always done them, you'll get the same outcomes you've always gotten. In order to change your outcomes, you've got to do things differently.
- If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.
- If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
- If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.
- If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.Peter F. DruckerCommonly attributed
- If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
- If you want to be an agent of change, it starts with you and what you're made of.
- If you want to change the world, change yourself.Tom RobbinsSourced
- If you want to change the world, don’t ever, ever ring the bell.William H. McRavenSourced
- If you want to change the world measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.William H. McRavenCommonly attributed
- If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards.
- If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.
- If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
- In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.Warren BennisCommonly attributed
- In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
- In order to take our lives to the next level, we must realize that the same pattern of thinking that has gotten us to where we are now will not get us to where we want to go.