Change Quotes · Page 7

Embrace transformation with insightful change quotes that reframe uncertainty as opportunity. Whether facing a crossroads or seeking growth, these words will guide your way.

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“Though now long estranged, man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“Learn to know thy heart, And, as the times, so let thy manners change, For by the law of change a new God rules.”

— Aeschylus

“Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern.”

— Malcolm X

“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.”

— Malcolm X

“I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life.”

— Abigail Adams

“The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery.”

— Joseph Conrad

“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the…”

— César Chávez

“We ask the Church to sacrifice with the people for social change, for justice, and for love of brother.”

— César Chávez

“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness.”

— George Santayana

“Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.”

— George Eliot

“Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.”

— George Eliot

“The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.”

— Joseph Joubert

“The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.”

— Joseph Joubert

“While other people talked about change, Dr. King used direct action to challenge the system.”

— César Chávez

“If you arrive late, you won't know what anything is about, and if you are there all the way from the beginning, you won't care.”

— Dorothy Parker

“I love those reformations that prevent revolutions, by keeping pace with the gradual progress of reason and knowledge.”

— Horace Walpole

“We have achieved political freedom but our revolution is not yet complete and is still in progress, for political freedom without the assurance of the right to live and to pursue…”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“God hides nothing. His very work from the beginning is revelation, — a casting aside of veil after veil, a showing unto men of truth after truth.”

— George MacDonald

“Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Artist and perceiver alike begin with what may be called a total seizure, an inclusive qualitative whole not yet articulated, not distinguished into members.”

— John Dewey

“Unceasingly the essence of things is taking shape in the matter of things, and this unspeakable process we call birth and growth.”

— Louis Sullivan

“Where function does not change form does not change.”

— Louis Sullivan

“The invigorating air did them both good, and much exercise worked wholesome changes in minds as well as bodies. They seemed to get clearer views of life and duty up there among…”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Some people are able to accept living with a severe disability. I am not one of them, and that is why I have a keen interest in research and am deeply disturbed by unreasonable…”

— Christopher Reeve

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