You'll Feel Confident Taking on Life's Biggest Moments With These Quotes About Change
Change is a part of life, and that's just a fact! Sometimes change is great, and sometimes it's one of the hardest things you'll have to deal with. If there's one person who knows about this, it's Ree Drummond! The Pioneer Woman had to go through a huge adjustment when sending off her youngest, Todd, to college. It's a bittersweet feeling that will always bring Ree to tears. Even Ree's oldest daughter, Alex, went through some change over two years ago when she got married to her hubby Mauricio! Now, that was definitely a happy transition! Transformation can be seen in lots of things—but whatever it is, these quotes will help get you through all of the positive and difficult ones.
If you're looking for some reassurance that you are, in fact, moving in the right direction, look no further than this quote from Deepak Chopra: "All great changes are preceded by chaos." And it doesn't have to be all that serious, either. There are plenty of happy quotes to read through! Alan Watts' words are a perfect choice for those interested in making the most out of an upcoming change (and it happens to double as a great winter quote about jumping into a pile of snow, too): "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
P.S. We've also got plenty of great New Year quotes and quotes about gratitude to read through as well. Inspiration, here you come!
Jack Welch
“Change before you have to.”
John D. Rockefeller
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
Harriet Tubman
“Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Rachel Hollis
“Moving doesn't change who you are. It only changes the view outside your window.”
C. JoyBell C.
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Roy T. Bennett
“If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
Wayne W. Dyer
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
Mandy Hale
“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
Thomas Fuller
“All things are difficult before they are easy.”
John Wooden
“Good things take time.”
John Maxwell
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”
C.S. Lewis
“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
Ginni Rometty
“Growth and comfort do not coexist.”
Leo Tolstoy
"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."
Malala Yousafzai
"One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world."
Barack Obama
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Lily Leung
"When in doubt, choose change."
Mother Theresa
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
David Bowie
"Time may change me, but I can't change time."
James Baldwin
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Helen Keller
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable."
Erica Jong
"I have accepted fear as part of life—specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back."
Charles Darwin
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Deepak Chopra
"All great changes are preceded by chaos."
Carol Burnett
"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."
Barbara Kingsolver
"The changes we dread most may contain our salvation."
Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
Zoraida Córdova
"We all get scared and want to turn away, but it isn’t always strength that makes you stay. Strength is also making the decision to change your destiny."
Margaret Mead
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Oprah Winfrey
"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
Simone de Beauvoir
"Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay."
John F. Kennedy
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future."
Miles Davis
"It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change."
Rumi
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
Maya Angelou
"If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude."
Adrienne Rich
"The moment of change is the only poem."
Claudia Flores
"We must be impatient for change. Let us remember that our voice is a precious gift and we must use it."
Albert Einstein
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."
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