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For the loser now will be later to win,
For the times they are a-changin'. — Bob Dylan · 1964Come mothers and fathers,
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand. — Bob Dylan · 1964The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'. — Bob Dylan · 1965One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on. — HeraclitusThe more things change, the more they are the same. — Alphonse Karr · 1849It is both historically and biologically true that there can be no birth and growth without birth and growing pains. Whenever there is the emergence of the new we confront the recalcitrance of the old. So the tensions which we witness in the world today are indicative of the fact that a new world order is being born and an old order is passing away. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1956All 35 quotes →The only constant is change7 quotes
One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on. — HeraclitusAll that is human must retrograde if it do not advance. — Edward Gibbon · 1789Everything flows and nothing stays. — Heraclitus · 348 BCNought may endure but Mutability. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1816There is nothing in this World constant, but Inconstancy. — Jonathan Swift · 1711All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. — G.K. Chesterton · 1908All 7 quotes →Progress6 quotes
Come mothers and fathers,
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand. — Bob Dylan · 1964Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the solution. — Gloria Steinem · 1994Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. — Stewart Brand · 1987Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better. — Samuel Johnson · 1755Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy · 1900We are the change that we seek. — Barack Obama · 2008Resistance to change6 quotes
It is both historically and biologically true that there can be no birth and growth without birth and growing pains. Whenever there is the emergence of the new we confront the recalcitrance of the old. So the tensions which we witness in the world today are indicative of the fact that a new world order is being born and an old order is passing away. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1956We fear change. — Garth Algar · 1992Whether we like it or not, change comes, and the greater the resistance, the greater the pain. — Alan Watts · 1995Future shock... The shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. — Alvin Toffler · 1970Change is one thing. Acceptance is another. — Arundhati Roy · 1997It simply doesn't matter how you want to change things. You don't want them changed. — Pontius Pilate · 1988Impermanence3 quotes
Everything flows and nothing stays. — Heraclitus · 348 BCNought may endure but Mutability. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1816There is nothing in this World constant, but Inconstancy. — Jonathan Swift · 1711Circle of life2 quotes
It is both historically and biologically true that there can be no birth and growth without birth and growing pains. Whenever there is the emergence of the new we confront the recalcitrance of the old. So the tensions which we witness in the world today are indicative of the fact that a new world order is being born and an old order is passing away. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1956In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life. — Lucretius · 50 BCDifficulty of change2 quotes
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? — Jeremiah 13:23 · 570 BCAlteration though it be from worse to better hath in it inconveniences, and those weighty. — Richard Hooker · 1593Acceptance1 quote
Whether we like it or not, change comes, and the greater the resistance, the greater the pain. — Alan Watts · 1995Alienation1 quote
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka · 1915Alienation from oneself1 quote
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka · 1915Catalysts for change1 quote
All I'm saying is that change will happen with love, not with killing. — Jesus · 1988Change starts at home1 quote
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy · 1900Conservatism1 quote
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. — G.K. Chesterton · 1908Economic development1 quote
Modern life is both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1905Equality of opportunity1 quote
There can be no equality or opportunity, the first essential of justice in the body politic, if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives, their very vitality, from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they can not alter, control, or singly cope with. — Woodrow Wilson · 1913Facing the future1 quote
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. — Jimmy Carter · 1977Holding to one's principles1 quote
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. — Jimmy Carter · 1977Justice1 quote
For the loser now will be later to win,
For the times they are a-changin'. — Bob Dylan · 1964Life and death1 quote
In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life. — Lucretius · 50 BCLiving in the past1 quote
Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the solution. — Gloria Steinem · 1994Modern life1 quote
Modern life is both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1905Nature of change1 quote
In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is, not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1867New experiences1 quote
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse... It is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place. — Washington Irving · 1824Old vs. young1 quote
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'. — Bob Dylan · 1965Openness to change1 quote
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. — Alfred Tennyson · 1842Personal growth1 quote
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy · 1900Political progress1 quote
We are the change that we seek. — Barack Obama · 2008Politics1 quote
We are the change that we seek. — Barack Obama · 2008Power of love1 quote
All I'm saying is that change will happen with love, not with killing. — Jesus · 1988River1 quote
One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on. — Heraclitus