Change Quotes

As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement.

~ James T. Walsh

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

~ Hugh Prather

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

~ John F. Kennedy

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

~ Gretchen Rubin

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.

~ Jean Nidetch

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

~ Keri Russell

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

~ Stephen Covey

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

~ John Cleese

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

~ John Henry Newman

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

~ Wayne Dyer

Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.

~ Alvin Toffler

I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.

~ Katarina Johnson-Thompson

If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

~ Julianna Margulies

Seeing Michelle Obama's bright color choices, and how she made people smile and reinforced Obama's platforms of hope and change, was inspiring.

~ Lilly Pulitzer

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

~ Bela Lugosi

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple... old habits die hard.

~ Guy Kawasaki

When I started, there was something almost romantic about the notion of paparazzi. I mean, it wasn't. They were still chasing you down the road. But that guy had to put film in his camera and work out whether it was worth pressing the button to take the shot, otherwise he's got to stop and change the film. So it was like this age of innocence.

~ Kylie Minogue

I think it's easy to hold on to this romantic hope that communities such as Niaqornat won't change, because we're in this world where progress is unstoppable, and they're a link to some idealised past.

~ Sarah Gavron

When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy.

~ Albert Finney

I got a degree in sociology, didn't read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, left-wing type of guy. I wanted to do some kind of work in social change and make things better for the poor man, and I was very romantic and passionate about it.

~ Andre Dubus Iii

People change and forget to tell each other.

~ Lillian Hellman

Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life.

~ Anderson Cooper

I kind of feel like we're all humans; we all live on this planet. I kind of always wish there was more of a partnership - a really healthy relationship between people, working together to do things and make it good and change.

~ Robert Coppola Schwartzman

When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him.

~ Joyce Meyer

When two people in an intimate-couple relationship look at their interactions as opportunities to learn about themselves instead of change each other, they are infusing their relationship with the energy of spiritual partnership.

~ Gary Zukav

The relationship between you and your boss will change over time. When you just started out, that boss was your mentor and took you under their wing. As a seasoned employee, though, you no longer need your boss to guide you along. You should be able to handle tasks on your own.

~ John Rampton

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.

~ Tina Weymouth

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

~ Jeff Bridges

It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy.

~ Rebecca Solnit

You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

~ Jack Canfield

In any relationship, when you go through any big change, you struggle to find your new constellation, your new ground. It takes a while to determine what the new relationship between you is.

~ Alicia Vikander

If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave.

~ Marina Abromovic

American official policy is that Egypt is an ally of the United States. Of course, we recognize that Egypt has gone through a dramatic change in government. And what their status will be going forward in terms of the relationship with our nation is something which which I'm sure will be developing over time.

~ Mitt Romney

Our relationship with Egypt is very, very important. And I would want them to remain an ally. I don't want to see that official status change.

~ Mitt Romney

I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

~ Michael Pollan

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment.

~ Kevin Kelly

Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.

~ David D. Burns

We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.

~ Keri Hilson

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

~ Nolan Ryan