- “The secret of change, is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Socrates
- “Change before you have to.” Jack Welch
- “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” Margaret Mead
- “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” Lao Tzu
- “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin
- “For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” Steve Jobs
- “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw
- “Change brings opportunity.” Nido Qubein
- “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill
- “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” Woodrow Wilson
- “There is nothing permanent except change.” Heraclitus
- “It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.” Mignon McLaughlin
- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick Douglass
- “Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.” Robert Kennedy
- “One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.” Frank Zappa