Quotes about change page 21
“You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
“Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.”
Mohsin Hamid book The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
“Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.”
Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist
Source: One Hundred Names
Augusten Burroughs (1965) American writer
Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
“God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.”
Dan Brown book Angels & Demons
Source: Angels & Demons
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin book Small Great Things
Also appears in Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things
Source: In 1962 James Baldwin penned an essay titled “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” in “The New York Times Book Review”.
Context: We are the generation that must throw everything into the endeavor to remake America into what we say we want it to be. Without this endeavor, we will perish. ... Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
Colum McCann book Let the Great World Spin
Source: Let the Great World Spin (2009), Book Three: All Hail and Hallelujah
“I reserve the right to love many different people at once, and to change my prince often.”
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
“I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Books, Brain Droppings (1997)
“For love and beauty and delight, there is no death nor change.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Romantic poet
“Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”
Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
“Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.”
Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle
Source: Message in a Bottle
“A little snark, properly directed, can change the world.”
Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist
“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.”
Aldous Huxley book The Art of Seeing
Source: The Art of Seeing
“Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.”
David Eddings book Polgara the Sorceress
Source: Polgara the Sorceress
“Words are where most change begins.”
Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance
Source: Words of Radiance
“Things won't change unless you change you.”
Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist
Source: How to Fall in Love
Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) American children's writer
Source: The Arkadians
“The prospect of change is a many-fanged beast, my dear.”
Christopher Moore book Practical Demonkeeping
Source: Practical Demonkeeping
“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
“People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change.”
Ned Vizzini (1981–2013) American writer
“But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.”
Michael Pollan book The Omnivore's Dilemma
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
“It is a very strange thing, to be in love. It changes you.”
Cassandra Clare (1973) American author
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess
“Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.”
Twyla Tharp (1941) American choreographer
“Music can change the world because it can change people.”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Source: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
“Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979) contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Source: Does My Head Look Big In This?
“What we see, we see
and seeing is changing”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist
“Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.”
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Perry Moore (1971–2011) Executive producer of the Narnia films and author of award-winning LGBTQ young adult novel Hero
Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker
Source: Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life
“They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It just changes shape.”
Sheri Reynolds (1967) American writer