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Inspirational Quotes About Change That Will Give You A New Perspective

It is said that change is the only constant in life. Truly, it is an intrinsic part of our existence as we cannot grow without change. Nevertheless, not all change is good, and our apathy towards change can often be credited to our fear of the unknown, as we often seek comfort in things that are certain. However, we must accept change as an important part of life and learn to adjust to the changes to our surroundings. We as human being progressed only because we explored new ideas and adapted to new situations. Change can happen on a personal level as well; changing one's outlook towards life can often help someone get out of difficult emotional phases and achieve lofty goals. Writers, politicians, world leaders and spiritual gurus have often urged people to embrace change for personal and societal growth. Here are some of their motivational words.

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

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
Maya Angelou

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

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

It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...

It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...
Khaled Hosseini

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
William Faulkner

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

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela

I never change, I simply become more myself.

I never change, I simply become more myself.
Joyce Carol Oates

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

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
Mary Shelley

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
Nicholas Sparks

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.
Lillian Hellman

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

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

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.
Amy Tan

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

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

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
Albert Einstein

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
Amy Tan

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother Teresa

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Albert Einstein

You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.

You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Neil Gaiman

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.
Philip Roth

Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it.

Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it.
Lady Gaga

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude
Eleanor Roosevelt

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?
Barbra Streisand

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.
August Wilson

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.
John Lennon

To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.

To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
Orhan Pamuk

This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.
Aung San Suu Kyi