“Ĭontinuity gives us roots change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can live, is if we grow. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Īnd that is how change happens. Nothing that is can pause or stay / The moon will wax, the moon will wane, / The mist and cloud will turn to rain, / The rain to mist and cloud again, / Tomorrow be today. Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance. Spanish Proverb “Ĭhange is the end result of all true learning. “Ī wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. If you’re in a good situation, don’t worry it’ll change. If you’re in a bad situation, don’t worry it’ll change. Henry David Thoreau “Ĭhange and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the times it’s both. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny. 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. How can you know what you are capable of if you don’t embrace the unknown? - Esmeralda Santiago “Ĭhange, like healing, takes time. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. He who rejects change is the architect of decay. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Don’t resist them that only creates sorrow.
#Wuotes about change series
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. People underestimate their capacity for change. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different. There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place. I’ve come to believe that in everyone’s life, there’s one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything. Haruki Murakami “Ĭhange always comes bearing gifts. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the vases. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. Denis Waitley “Ĭhange can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing. You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. ‘Oh’, she thought, ‘how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!’ - L.M.
If you are taking a risk, what you are really saying is, ‘I believe in tomorrow and I will be part of it.’ - Linda Ellerbee “ What I like most about change is that it’s a synonym for ‘hope’. To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. Jim Rohn “Īll changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another. Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. When you are through changing, you are through. True life is lived when tiny changes occur. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. 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. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.