Quotes About Change

20 quotes

Change is the only constant in life. Here are the best quotes about change and change in all it’s forms from breaking up, to moving on, or starting a new job. All the change quotes are here and properly cited.

“Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.”

— Randy Pausch, goodreads.com

Tagged: People, Change, Love

“You go on. You set one foot in front of the other and if a thin voice cries out somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear and keep going.”

— Geraldine Brooks, goodreads.com

Tagged: Moving On, Moving Forward, Life, Change, Pain

“Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won’t help you.”

— Jeanette Winterson, amazon.com

Tagged: ENFP, Change, Movement, Moving On, Places

“Be the girl who travels and reawaken your sense of hope in the world. Let it change you, transform you, and give you a sort of longing that few other things ever will.”

— Jerrica Peterson, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: travel, Hope, Life, Adventure, Change

“Everyone has doubts. Everyone freaks out about where they are in life. But that’s a good thing. You’re open to change and growth.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Growth, Change, Inspirational

“The exertion of willful effort generates a physical force that has the power to change how the brain works and its physical structure.”

— John Bradshaw, amazon.com

Tagged: Brain Plasticity, The Science of Change, Modify It

“Well, let it pass, he thought; April is over, April is over. There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships, Change, Seasons

“I’d finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted was a way in. I was there now. Or close.”

— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com

Tagged: Loss, Starting Over, Acceptance, Resisting Change

“They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.”

— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com

Tagged: Pivotal Moments, Change, Perspective, Life

“Getting over it doesn't mean forgetting it, it just means reducing the pain to a tolerable level, a level that doesn't destroy you.”

— Kevin Brooks, amazon.com

Tagged: Moving On, Getting Over it, Change, Accepting Change, Breakups

“But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.”

— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: Future, Rebuilding Your Life, Life, Change

“How can something be there and then just not be there? How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become?”

— Doc Luben, doclubenpoetry.tumblr.com

Tagged: forgiveness, Change, Pain, Loss, Grief

“Life is a sequence of births and deaths. Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to light, old ones need to wither away.”

— Elif Shafak, amazon.com

Tagged: travel, Change, Life, Moments, Experiences

“Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Starting Over, Becoming You

“A person’s tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren’t one story. We can change our stories.”

— Amy Poehler, amazon.com

Tagged: Tragedy, Change, Choices

“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, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Power, Control, Self-Direction, Inspirational

“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”

— Maya Angelou, goodreads.com

Tagged: Change, Life, inspiration, Advice

“If something you desire is not happening, you are not emotionally or mentally ready for it yet. Make your mental adjustment in the now, and the reality will follow.”

— Russell Anthony Gibbs, amazon.com

Tagged: Perspective, Being Ready, Reality, Change

“Contrary to some of our great myths, the universe was not created once upon a time, but rather is constantly being created and re-created.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

Tagged: Universe, Reality, Change, Creation, Perception

“I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.”

— Malala Yousafzai, theguardian.com

Tagged: Peace, Education, Change, Making Change, changing the world