Quotes About Change
In the age of disruption, businesses live and die by their ability to adapt. Agility and adaptability have become catchy buzz words to get to the point of what businesses need to do – change. “But I’m changing all day long” you might say…The question is to what end. Change must help us adapt effectively – to us get to a defined destination.
“One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.” Best Buddha Quotes on Happiness. “One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond.” 26. “A man asked Gautama Buddha, ‘I want happiness.’ Buddha said, ‘First, remove I. Then remove want. In order for a person to change they must be willing to change themselves. We all know how hard it is to implement change in our own lives, so we can not always expect for people to change because we want them to. The habits and the actions we commit are influenced by others at times, but are ultimately a result of our own desires. I’m on the hunt for who I’ve not yet become. If you want to achieve more in life then you have to seek.
Change management is a critical skill in today’s c-suite – and specifically in Sales and Marketing. Being able to design, execute, and sustain change is key to continually improving the health of your organization. In order to drive effective transformation, executive visions for change and the promise of the brand, and specifically how it helps your organization get to its destination, must be fully aligned with leadership and communication styles.
Change management is a challenge for every organization. It’s important that everyone involved approaches organizational changes with an open mind, and innovative yet proven methodologies to adapt. Below are 20 quotes that will help you as your organization goes through the blistering pace of change in today’s work environment – so you effectively get to the destination you desire:
- “Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.”
– Philip Crosby“ - Change before you have to.”
– Jack Welch
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@Jack_Welch - “People don’t resist change. They resist being changed!”
– Peter Senge
@petersenge - “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
– Woodrow Wilson - “The key to change … is to let go of fear.”
– Rosanne Cash
@RosanneCash - “Our only security is our ability to change.”
– John Lilly - “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
– Maya Angelou - “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”
– Charles Kettering - “Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – the culture reflects the realities of people working together everyday.”
– Frances Hesselbein
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@ToServeIsToLive - “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.”
– Peter Drucker - “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”
– Niccolo Machiavelli - “The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.”
– John P. Kotter
@JohnPKlotter - “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 - “Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn’t all bad – not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life – to keep us moving, to keep us growing, to keep us interested. Imagine life without change. It will be static, boring, dull.”
– Dr. Dennis O’Grady
LinkedIn
@NewInsightsComm - “Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”
– Niccolo Machiavelli - “Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers and business.”
– Mark Sanborn
LinkedIn
@Mark_Sanborn - “Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.”
– James Belasco and Ralph Stayer - “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
– Norman Vincent Peale - “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
– Lao Tzu - “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
– Anonymous
TopRight’s unique, transformational approach is designed specifically to overcome organizational roadblocks by focusing on changes that will have the biggest impact on your business; and rolling out those changes in manageable pieces, logically sequenced to ensure success. Stay tuned to learn how you can drive long-term transformation with TopRight’s Guide to Transformational Change Management.
No matter who you are, what you have been through, where you come from and where you are going, there are certain things that we all share as human beings.
We all want to reach our goals and be successful in life. We seek care and love from others. But most of all, we all want to live in a better world.
Quotes about Changing the World
Here are some of the most famous quotes about changing the world that can start a spark in your heart and inspire you to take a step forward.
1. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
2. “The world can only change from within.” – Eckhart Tolle
3. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
4. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who are alive.” – Howard Thurman
5. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
6. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
7. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
8. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
9. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
10. “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make that change.” – Michael Jackson
11. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman
12. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
13. “Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.” – Jack Ma
14. “It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.” – Vivienne Westwood
15. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
16. “One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
17. “You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.” – Tom Brokaw
18. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Richard Buckminster Fuller
19. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
20. “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” – Aldous Huxley
21. “Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.” – John Lennon
22. “There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” – Terry Pratchett
23. “I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” – Tupac Shakur
24. “In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.” – Jimi Hendrix
25. “If you think we can’t change the world, it just means you’re not one of those that will.” – Jacque Fresco
26. “History shows us that the people who end up changing the world – the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries – are always nuts until they are right, and then they are geniuses.” – John Eliot
27. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
28. “Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.” – Bikram Choudhry
Quotes About Change For The Better
29. “How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
30. “We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.” – Nelson Mandela
31. “The only way we can change our world is to take responsibility for our part in it.” – Rachael Bermingham
32. “A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.” – Richard Bach
33. “The good inside of all of us is wrapped in a layer of apathy, and we forget how much potential we have within us, in each and every one of us, to change the world for the better for ourselves and our children, and thus to bring about oneness.” – Shari Arison
34. “If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” – Larry Page
35. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” – Jimi Hendrix
36. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.” – Karl Marx
37. “You change the world by being yourself.” – Yoko Ono
38. “Be what you are. Do what you love. Speak what you feel. Don’t hide your humanity. Celebrate it. Embrace it. That is how you change the world.” – Vironika Tugaleva
39. “The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.” – Hugh Macleod
40. “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
41. “Don’t underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.” – Leroy Hood
42. “We must become the change we wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
43. “The power of human empathy, leading to collective action, saves lives and frees prisoners. Ordinary people, whose personal well-being and security are assured, join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know, and will never meet… unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people’s places… we do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” – J.K. Rowling
44. “When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” – Pauline R. Kezer
45. “To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.” – Betty Williams
46. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
47. “Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.” – Charles Eames
48. “The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.” – Norman Borlaug
49. “Yes, it is love that will save our world and our civilization, love, even for enemies.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
50. “If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions.” – Peter Block
Quotes About Change In Relationships
51. “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs
52. “I believe it’s time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.” – Janelle Monae
53. “The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.” – Abraham Lincoln
54. “You really can change the world if you care enough.” – Marian Wright Edelman
55. “When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.” – The Dalai Lama
56. “Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.” – Marcus Aurelius
57. “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” – Charles Kettering
58. “The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.” – Bill Clinton
59. “Seek the rapids, not the calm of the lake. Take the calm to reflect and prepare for the rapids. If we face permanent whitewater, we will see the need for and experience change.” – Peter Vaille
60. “Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.” – Seth Godin
61. “We have it in our power to change the world over.” – Thomas Paine
62. “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
63. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra
64. “It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.” – Jacques Fresco
65. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
66. “Things remain the same because it is impossible to change very much without changing most of everything.” – Ted Sizer
67. “Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.” – Buckminster Fuller
68. “Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.” – JR
69. “Whatever change you desire for the world, create that change in your own life. You are here for a purpose. Seek it out. Hunt it down. The greatest misery is to be purposeless. The great depression of our age is not economic, but spiritual. Our spiritual poverty is rooted in our purposelessness.” – Matthew Kelly
70. “When you believe in what you’re doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.” – Samuel Dash
Final Thoughts
The world cannot change on its own. It takes time and needs a support system. What better support system does the world need than human beings living in it who are ready to make a change? So, do not wait for others to take action, be that person to lead the change for a better world.
As people always say, change starts within you, have the winning habit to be successful and be a great example to the society. Being a positive inspiration can go a long way, as it can be passed to other individuals that could carry the inspiration on to an endless chain of good change.