Powerful Quotes That Celebrate Change

When the word change frightens the heck out of your core, it can feel as if the only solution to life is to play it safe. You might think that jumping into the unknown is a risk you can't afford, or the uncertainty of new beginnings is too overwhelming to even comprehend. But change doesn't happen overnight. Instead, it's a timely process that you try to understand, partake in, and prepare for. So give yourself a moment to make that move.

According to Gregory Scott Brown, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, and Men's Health Magazine advisor, "The way to manage security and change at the same time is to keep a few aspects of your life—like your morning coffee routine—consistent."

Brown added, "Understanding what's most important to you—knowing your core values—keeps you from losing yourself in the process of change. Ask yourself questions like: Why did I decide to take this job in the first place? What originally attracted me to my partner? Why did I choose to live here?"

Taking a leap of faith and trusting yourself can bring the transformation of your life that you've been waiting for. Embracing change can break old habits and discover new ones. It opens new opportunities for growth, exciting beginnings, and humbling moments of personal success and at oneness. Positive changes make you your most authentic self.

American Author Libba Bray once said, "And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time."

These inspiring words of wisdom from Emma Watson, Gayle King, Jay Shetty, and many more will help nudge you a lil bit further into feelings of "everything is gonna be okay". Remember, baby steps...

American author, YouTube content creator, and podcaster John Green wrote, "We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations," in his book Looking for Alaska.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama said in her book Becoming, "The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. “What’s better for us?” Barack called to the people gathered in the room. “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”

American television producer, screenwriter, and author."It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change." Shonda Rhimes wrote in her book Year of Yes .

Words from Amanda Gorman's poetry collection called Call Us What We Carry, "Change is made of choices, and choices are made of character."

Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Elaine Welteroth wrote in her book More Than Enough, "When the music changes, so must your dance."

In 2013, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani student shot in the head by the Taliban, spoke at the U.N. Youth Assembly and said, "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world."

The Bible at 2 Corinthians, 5:17 NIV says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, he said, "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

Author Steve Maraboli in the Life, the Truth, and Being Free, wrote, "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."

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Miley Cyrus said, "You should be able to change and be who you are at any time."

Neil Gaiman, the author of The Graveyard Book, wrote, "You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it," in his novel.

"We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky." American novelist Walter Mosley wrote in Blue Light book.

Libba Bray, an American writer of young adult novels, said, "And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time." in her book The Sweet Far Thing.

Marco Marsans talked about transformation in life and said, "Embracing change is about adopting a growth mindset." in a TEDxDeerfield independent event.

"We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it." Rick Warren's words in The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

English writer Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass was published in 1995. He wrote, "You cannot change what you are, only what you do."

English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley wrote, "I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself," in his 1928 novel the Point Counter Point.

Gayle King shared a few small steps you can take to make things better to Oprah Daily, "It’s often the small gestures and little day-to-day things that make the biggest difference in someone else’s life, as well as your own."

Nelson Mandela said, "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others," in his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.

Richard Bach is widely known as the mastermind of some of the 1970's biggest sellers. In his One novel, he wrote, "A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow."

"Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too. They start over. They find a way." Celeste Ng penned in the Little Fires Everywhere

In the words of Maya Angelou, "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." she wrote in Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.

"It’s never the changes we want that change everything." Dominican-American writer Junot Díaz said in his book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Dorothy Bryant was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, and feminist writer. She authored The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You and wrote, "Change happens very slow and very sudden."

Another piece of wisdom from Maya Angelou is from her novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, "Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you."

"The changes we dread most may contain our salvation." Barbara Kingsolver wrote in her book of essays called Small Wonder.

Judy Blume wrote, "Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be," in Tiger Eyes.

In the Parable Of The Sower, Octavia E. Butler wrote, "All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change."

English author, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll, known for his timeless children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, wrote, "It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

Speaker Manu Shahi said at a TEDx Talk event, "Change is very powerful, and in this whole journey, every single one of you is making a new you."

Author Ann Brashares wrote, "You couldn't erase the past. You couldn't even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right," in her sisterhood series book Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood.

Former monk Jay Shetty noted on his website, "Change is not something you can avoid or pretend is not there. We all need to embrace it and face it head-on."

"If you really want things to change, you can make them change no matter where you are," Hannah Harrington wrote in Saving June.

Author and singer-songwriter Val Emmich wrote, "The me I am is not the me I was," in his New York Times bestselling Dear Evan Hansen book.

"All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride," Sophocles wrote in Antigone.

Steve Maraboli said, "Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day," in his book Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience published in 2013.

"To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions," Stephen R. Covey wrote in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change.

"Nothing is lost… Everything is transformed." A beautiful short passage from The Neverending Story written by Michael Ende.

Former POTUS John F. Kennedy in an address said," Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future," in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, June 26, 1963.

"Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them," author Marcus Aurelius said in Meditations.

"How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?" Said Emma Watson in the UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign (2014).

Libba Bray wrote, "I changed the world; the world changed me. Everything you do comes back to you. When you affect a situation, you are also affected," in her book, A Great and Terrible Beauty.

Fictional character Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and The City said, "They say nothing lasts forever; dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style."