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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.

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"The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again."

-- Steve Jobs

"The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again."

-- Steve Jobs

"I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes."

-- Steve Jobs

"I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes."

-- 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

"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."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"An ideal society should be mobile, full of channels for conveying change."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"An ideal society should be mobile, full of channels for conveying change."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

-- Mother Teresa

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."

-- Mother Teresa

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days."

-- Dalai Lama

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days."

-- Dalai Lama

"Compassion is the radicalism of our time."

-- Dalai Lama

"Compassion is the radicalism of our time."

-- Dalai Lama

"If you want to change the world, first try to improve and change yourself."

-- Dalai Lama

"If you want to change the world, first try to improve and change yourself."

-- Dalai Lama

"The mind is definitely something that can be transformed, and meditation is a means to transform it."

-- Dalai Lama

"The mind is definitely something that can be transformed, and meditation is a means to transform it."

-- Dalai Lama

"Real change in the world will only come from a change of heart."

-- Dalai Lama

"Real change in the world will only come from a change of heart."

-- Dalai Lama

"True change is within; leave the outside as it is."

-- Dalai Lama

"True change is within; leave the outside as it is."

-- Dalai Lama

"Work for peace in your heart and in the world."

-- Dalai Lama

"Work for peace in your heart and in the world."

-- Dalai Lama

"The only thing that is constant is change."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The only thing that is constant is change."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"In time we hate that which we often fear."

-- William Shakespeare

"In time we hate that which we often fear."

-- William Shakespeare

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

-- Confucius

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

-- Confucius

"You have two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one."

-- Confucius

"You have two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one."

-- Confucius

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

-- Confucius

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

-- Confucius

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

-- Albert Einstein

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

-- Albert Einstein

"The world, as we have created it, is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

-- Albert Einstein

"The world, as we have created it, is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

-- Albert Einstein

"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."

-- Albert Einstein

"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."

-- Albert Einstein

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

-- Albert Einstein

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

-- Albert Einstein

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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.

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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.

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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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