Wise Quotes About Change

"Nothing is permanent but change". This is one of the earliest, famous quotes about change that I had heard. It was spoken by none other than Heraclitus the Greek philosopher who understood as early as during 535 BC - 475 BC, the intransigence of everything around us. True, nothing remains the same, and that is good, although not if one is going through good times. Well in that case, one would definitely want the circumstances to remain the same. But what about those who are struck with some misfortune? Surely change for them is a blessing. As times change and we have new experiences, we emerge a better person to deal with all situations. However, it is during those tough time when we need some motivation to carry on. We all are aware of the power of word. In times of crisis, the zeal to continue with one's travails often comes from some inspiring quotes. These wise change quotes and sayings will inspire you to accept the changes in the course of your life.

Here are some famous wise men quotes about change that highlight the attributes of change:

• "Change is inevitable." - Benjamin Disraeli
• "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - John F. Kennedy
• "All 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." - Anatole France
• "Change always comes bearing gifts." - Price Pritchett
• "Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." - Robert C. Gallagher
• "Observe constantly that all things take place by change." - Marcus Aurelius
• "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht

Wise Men's Quotes to Deal with Difficult Situations

• "Change yourself and fortune will change." - Portuguese proverb
• "To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri Bergson
• "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." - W. Edwards Deming
• "A wise man turns chance into good fortune." - Thomas Fuller
• "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin (probably)
• "When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." - Alexander Graham Bell
• "Please understand my friend, that where you find yourself tomorrow is a function of the decisions and actions you take today." - Akin A. Awolaja
• "Impossible situations can become possible miracles." - Robert H. Schuller
• "Transformation literally means going beyond your form." - Wayne Dyer
• "The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind." - William Blake
• "Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream." - Peter McWilliams
• "Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change." - Confucius
• "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus
• "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself."
• "None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows." - Colin Powell
• "The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live." - Flora Whitmore
• "If you want to truly understand something, try to change it." - Kurt Lewin
• "Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly." - Francis Bacon
• "It is never too late to become what you might have been." - George Eliot
• "Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

One of the wise sayings about change that is my favorite - "If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies."

The changes are good as they either bring in good times or they enrich one with new experiences. However, it is motivation that may best come from some quotes that may inspire one to carry on.