Change And Growth Quotes

When you are through changing, you are through.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

Move from the known to the unknown.

Growth and change are never easy...If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.

A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart.

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

We are all capable of change and growth; we just need to know where to begin.

Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

When we believe we are losing control, we grab on tight. When our greatest fear comes upon us, we clench our fist and teeth, close our eyes and hold on. We must learn how to let go. When the time comes for growth and change, we must have the courage and faith to let go. Whatever leaves my life makes room for something better.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self - a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of making the change, doing something.

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more [Christlike], that we do not become discouraged and lose hope. Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

I feel like I have been able to notice throughout the incremental march of history during the course of my own lifetime patterns emerging, and there's a sort of a rubber band effect that happens where social growth and change is concerned.

It is so easy to close down to risk, to protect ourselves against change and growth. But no baby bird emerges without first destroying the perfect egg sheltering it. We must risk being raw and fresh and awkward. For without such openness, life will not penetrate us anew. Unless we are open, we will not be filled.

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

All growth depends upon activity.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

An extremely important part of our work toward emotional growth and change will come from examining our belief systems regarding all areas of life. To gain the courage to be yourself, you need to address the beliefs that are keeping you stuck where you are. What beliefs, assumptions, and attitudes are you holding onto even though they no longer enhance your life? It is possible to free yourself from worn-out beliefs and acquire ones that bring happiness, strength, and self-esteem. What we believe we may become.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Vibrate on a frequency that embraces the gifts, growth, and change of others. Accept challenges & failures as part of your journey. Find your light and let it shine. Know your purpose.

Be the change you want to see in your networks

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Be the change you want to see.

If you don't change direction, you end up where you are headed.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch it begin to disappear. The principal is this: Begin where you are-accept that. Then change and growth become possible.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

All progress depends on the unreasonable man.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.