Change Quotes
Change Quotes
These change quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"You can change what you are and you can change where you are by changing what goes into your mind."
-- Zig Ziglar"A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones."
-- Nelson Mandela"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
-- Nelson Mandela"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."
-- Nelson Mandela"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end."
-- Nelson Mandela"The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again."
-- Steve Jobs"I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete."
-- Steve Jobs"A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar."
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These change quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.
Some of the most celebrated change quotes come from Krishna, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, among many others featured on this page.
Popular change quotes include: "As a person sheds worn-out garments and wears new ones, likewise, at the time of death, the soul casts off its worn-out body and enters a new one." -- Krishna Also: "Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper in an instant." -- Krishna.
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