Quotes about Change

“Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.”

“Weight loss can change your whole character. That always amazed me: Shedding pounds does change your personality. It changes your philosophy of life because you recognize that you are capable of using your mind to change your body.”

“All things are only transitory.”

“If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The more people hate it, maybe the newer it is. Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change.”

“We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race.”

“As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.”

“To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.”

“It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.”

“Change of weather is the discourse of fools.”

“Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life.”

“Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.”

“Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.”

“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”

“Life is tough - and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.”

“The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example.”

“You don't have the same mentality as you did five years ago - even one year. People are always changing, and I believe that everyone deserves the space to change and for people to recognize their change.”

“People are spending way too much time thinking about climate change, way too little thinking about AI.”

“Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.”

“Metamorphosis has always been the greatest symbol of change for poets and artists. Imagine that you could be a caterpillar one moment and a butterfly the next.”

“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.”

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”