“It is challenging to live in a body in flux. There is no normal. Everything is new.”— Roxane Gay, theundefeated.com
“The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die.”— Aleister Crowley, amazon.com
“Maybe the mistake we make is thinking our parents will change. And maybe they did a better job than we give them credit for. And maybe there, amid all the crap they dumped on us, are some things worth keeping. Like a passion for something you never knew you had. Or the ability to constantly surround…”— Matt Tarses, John 'J.D.' Dorian, Zach Braff, imdb.com
“Always remember, it only takes one voice to change the world. That voice could be yours.”— Lauren Hogg, twitter.com
“You're allowed to change. You're allowed to be different. The past is in the past for a reason!”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Just because you’ve always been a certain way, doesn’t mean you always have to be . . . give yourself the grace to change.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“An airport is a place of transit, and not just geographically. I wish there was some sort of time-lapse to show how people change between departures and arrivals. When I arrive home from being away, I am never the same person as when I left.”— Alex Brueckner, thoughtcatalog.com
“A transition can be exciting but it’s a disruption of routine, and a disruption always involves an adaptation. You have to change, and you have to grow.”— David Pillemer, thecut.com
“Identify concrete tasks you can complete that will help you move forward. If a move is stressing you out, make it a point to go find your local grocery store or coffee shop. Think: here’s what I can do today to keep moving and keep going.”— Susan Bridges, thecut.com
“Who does anything for 10 years? Isn't that a crazy number? We used to be a lot more steadfast in our ways. You know? Now, things change so quickly.”— Guy Fieri, thrillist.com
“I couldn't let go of the cool, new mom with the cool job persona.”— Marilynn Lerum, cupcakesandcashmere.com
“Things change. This is the nature of life. Don’t hold onto the past, and don’t beat yourself up if you’ve changed your mind. Everything is right in its season.”— J.T. Ellison, twitter.com
“Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.”— Martin Van Buren, amazon.com
“It seems to me that saying the change must be collective and come from all of society is also a way of shrugging and deciding that individual change is useless and impossible. If you're waiting for society to change to stop treating women badly, something is wrong with you.”— Catherynne Valente, twitter.com
“I’m pretty set in my ways. I doubt anything short of a miracle would change me. I do have an open mind, and I listen to them.”— Richard Ramirez, evilminds.tumblr.com
“I have seen the heart of the world. I cannot un-see it. I look at it daily, and think about it all the time.”— John Gorman, medium.com
“I think it could be dangerous to focus on the future, because you know it’s just going to change. Again, you don’t know what the universe is going to hit you with. I find it difficult.”— Eddie Vedder, huffingtonpost.com
“Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.”— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com
“Sometimes people need to know they could be forgiven to have the strength to change.”— J. Leigh Bralick, amazon.com