“Changing is what people do when they have no options left.”

“The greatest changes in history have come when people were able to shake off what others told them to do.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

“When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.”

Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II

“People don’t change that much. Don’t waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.”

Marcus Buckingham (1966) British writer

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.”

Kiran Desai book The Inheritance of Loss

“We do not influence the course of events by persuading people that we are right when we make what they regard as radical proposals. Rather, we exert influence by keeping options available when something has to be done at a time of crisis.”

Milton Friedman (1912–2006) American economist, statistician, and writer

“You have options when it comes to abortion now. It's not like 1955 when you just had to kick her down a staircase and hope for the best… you feed her a tapeworm and hope it takes a left at the Y.”

Doug Stanhope (1967) American stand-up comedian, actor, and author

“What's going on in this country is insane. And we have people running our country that don't know what they're doing, they're grossly incompetent, and it's time. We have to make change, real change. Not Obama change, we have to make change.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

“This comes at a time when Republicans are looking to gut the Clean Water Act and also the Safe Drinking Water Act. What are our options? Are we now forced to boil water because bottled water is not an economically feasible option for a lot of people?”

Bryant Gumbel (1948) American sportscaster