Change can be scary and it’s definitely very uncomfortable. Sometimes it may seem like we can keep living our lives without leaving our comfort zone too much. However, if you want to improve your life and take a step forward in your growth and development, you can’t skip the change it requires. We know how difficult it can be to take that first step towards changes and leaving your comfort zone. That’s why we picked 60 of the most inspirational quotes about change that will motivate and inspire you when it feels hard to make an important decision.
Here it is – our collection of the most inspirational quotes about change!
60 Inspirational Quotes About Change
#1
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
– Albert Einstein
#2
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
#3
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Leo Tolstoy
#4
“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#5
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
#6
“If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.”
– Steve Maraboli
#7
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
– Rumi
#8
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
– Lao Tzu
#9
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.”
– Steve Maraboli
#10
“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.”
– C. JoyBell C.
#11
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
– George Bernard Shaw
#12
“It’s never too late to change your life for the better. You don’t have to take huge steps to change your life. Making even the smallest changes to your daily routine can make a big difference to your life.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#13
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
– Paulo Coelho
#14
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky
#15
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
#16
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
– Buckminster Fuller
#17
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
– Wayne W. Dyer
#18
“Changing your outside world cannot make you happy if you are an unhappy person. The real personal change can only happen from the inside out. If you first create the change within yourself, you can turn your life around.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#19
“Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli
#20
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
― William Jennings Bryan
#21
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
― Rick Warren
#22
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
― Alan Wilson Watts
#23
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”
― Eckhart Tolle
#24
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
– Steve Jobs
#25
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”
― Madonna
#26
“The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation.”
– Vernon Howard
#27
“By changing nothing, nothing changes.”
– Tony Robbins
#28
“Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.”
― Roy T. Bennett
#29
“Don’t confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!”
― Steve Maraboli
#30
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
― Winston S. Churchill
#31
“You can live your dreams if you can embrace change. It’s by taking chances that you’ll learn how to be brave.”
– Charles Darwin
#32
“If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
– Maya Angelou
#33
“A ship in a harbor is safe, but that’s not why ships are built”
– John A. Shedd
#34
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”
– Denis Waitley
#35
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”
– Jacob M. Braude
#36
“There is nothing permanent except change.”
– Heraclitus
#37
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
– Henry Ford
#38
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”
– Oprah Winfrey
#39
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”
– Henri Bergson
#40
“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.”
– Raymond Lindquist
#41
“It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.”
– Bob Proctor
#42
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
– Socrates
#43
“There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
#44
“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”
– Mandy Hale
#45
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”
– Carl Jung
#46
“Continuity gives us roots, but change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.”
–Pauline R. Kezer
#47
“Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.”
– Rev. Jesse Jackson
#48
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”
– Oprah Winfrey
#49
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.”
– Abraham Maslow
#50
“Impermanence and selflessness are not negative aspects of life, but the very foundation on which life is built. Impermanence is the constant transformation of things. Without impermanence, there can be no life. Selflessness is the interdependent nature of all things. Without interdependence, nothing could exist.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
#51
”A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.”
– Chinese Proverb
#52
“Be happy to change your goals, but never change your values.”
– Dalai Lama
#53
“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.”
– Chinese Proverb
#54
“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.”
– Jack Dixon
#55
“You can change your life for the better. You already have the tools within you to do so. These tools are your thoughts and beliefs.”
– Louise Hay
#56
“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
– Charles Darwin
#57
“When we shift from negatively complaining to positively affirming, conditions change. Then complaining is no longer the operative law in our life-freedom is.”
– Michael Bernard Beckwith
#58
“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.”
– Bob Proctor
#59
“Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.”
– Paramahansa Yogananda
#60
“Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.”
– Don Miguel Ruiz
We hope you are inspired by these inspirational quotes about change as much as we are!