56 Quotes About Change To Bring Comfort During A Season Of Growth

Because change is a shared thread of human existence, there is no shortage of quotes about change from philosophers to modern authors.

From short quotes about change to inspiring quotes on change and self-growth, these quotes help guide and encourage us as we navigate the ups and downs of life. Whether you need a little encouragement during a time of transition or you’re hoping to inspire a friend to open themselves during a season of growth, we’ve rounded up the best quotes about change.

Short Quotes About Change

• “Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “Words are where most change begins.” ― Brandon Sanderson
• “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” ― Leo Tolstoy
• “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” ― Winston S. Churchill
• “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James
• “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
• “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” ― Libba Bray,
• “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ― Mother Teresa
• “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” ― Wayne W. Dyer
• “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” ― Kiera Cass
• “Change, like healing, takes time.” ― Veronica Roth
• “Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.” ― Alain de Botton

Quotes About Change In Relationships

• “We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.” ― Charles R. Swindoll
• “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.” ― Stephen Chbosky
• “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
• “How can we expect people to change if we don't give them the chance to?” ― Marissa Meyer
• “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” ― Philip Pullman
• “One day spent with someone you love can change everything.” ― Mitch Albom
• “Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.” ― Nicholas Sparks
• “Changing is what people do when they have no options left.” ― Holly Black
• “You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.” ― Sue Grafton

Quotes About Change In Life

• “We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. Without them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence. ” ― H.G. Wells
• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela
• “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• “Change is the end result of all true learning.” ― Leo Buscaglia
• “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” ― Aldous Huxley
• “Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.” ― Bryce Courtenay
• “Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”― Lisa Lutz
• “Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.” ― Shannon L. Alder
• “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ― Martin Luther
• “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” ― Steve Maraboli

Quotes On Change And Growth 

• “Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.” ― Tina Fey
• “How would your life be different if…You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change.” ― Steve Maraboli
• “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brene Brown
• “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy
• “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” ― Roy T. Bennett
• “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi
• “To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” ― Stephen R. Covey
• “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ― Joseph Campbell
• “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
• “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” ― C. JoyBell C.
• “I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....” ― Erica Jong
• “You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.” ― Neil Gaiman
• “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ― Alan Wilson Watts
• “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Buckminster Fuller

Famous Quotes About Change 

• “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead
• “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ― Albert Einstein
• “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
• “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ― Andy Warhol
• “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ― George Bernard Shaw
• “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
• “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” ― Malala Yousafzai
• “Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.” ― Michael Ende
• “Nothing endures but change.” ― Heraclitus
• “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” ― Katharine Hepburn
• “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” ― Norman Vincent Peal