Change Quotes

"Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets" "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new" "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common" "If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning" "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" "Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change" "The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning" "Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." "To speak a true word is to transform the world" "You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water" "Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives—the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change—truly are powerless" "Our world is fast changing, but our basic ability to reason has remained largely unchanged for millennia." "Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change" "The expected is just the beginning. The unexpected is what changes our lives" "Seizing the day, amidst its acceleration and decay" "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" "You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be" "You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." "The only constant in the technology industry is change" "Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation"