39 Inspirational Quotes About Change

You will encounter change at some point of your life. Whether it is expected or unexpected, here are some great inspirational quotes about change that will help you get through it.

“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

“Change before you have to.”

“Change is inevitable. Change is constant.”

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

“Change means that what was before wasn’t perfect. People want things to be better.”

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large — I contain multitudes.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”

“He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.”

“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.”

“If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.”

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”

“If you don’t like change, you will like irrelevance even less.”

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”

“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.”

“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”

“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.”

“People can cry much easier than they can change.”

“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.”

“Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.”

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

“The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.”

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

“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”

“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.”

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

“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.”

Always being ready for change when it comes will help you to transition better in the long run.