Change can be hard when you first start. It can be messy in the middle when it doesn't go the way you planned.
However, when change has happened and you're willing to look past the messiness, you'll find that it’s not just a lot of change. It's a new start. A new opportunity. A new chapter in your life.
Read these 25 quotes about changing yourself for the better. So that even if you fail, you will fall forward.
1. "If there is no wind, row." - Latin Proverb
2. "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things.
They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Rob Siltanen
3. "When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back." - Paulo Coelho
4. "Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." - Terry Pratchett
5. "Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts.
Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn.
Why?
Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you.
This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step.
There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones.
That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine. And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm.
No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it. It will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain.
When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about." - Haruki Murakami
6. "The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." - Friedrich Nietzsche
7. "What's comin' will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does." - J. K. Rowling
8. "No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side. Or you don't." - Stephen King
9. "We can't have change without loss, which is why so often people say they want change but nonetheless stays exactly the same." - Lori Gottlieb
10. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." - Mother Teresa
12. "If you remember nothing else, remember this- Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It makes possible Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano. It changes the face of the world." - Alan Bradley
13. "Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end." - Robin Sharma
14. "When things change inside you, things change around you." - Anonymous
15. "If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down." - Toni Morrison
16. "It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it." - Leon Brown
17. "You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star." - Friedrich Nietzsche
18. "Just slap anything on when you see a blank canvas staring you in the face like some imbecile. You don't know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas is, which says to the painter, 'You can't do a thing'.
The canvas has an idiotic stare and mesmerizes some painters so much that they turn into idiots themselves. Many painters are afraid in front of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the real, passionate painter who dares and who has broken the spell of 'you can't' once and for all." - Vincent Van Gogh
19. "When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jump, otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life, and that I can't do." - Abel Morales
20. "Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future." - Walt Disney
21. "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
22. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates
23. "Change can be scary, but you know what's scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving and progressing." - Mandy Hale
24. "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
25. "Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path." - Anonymous
Hope you enjoyed reading these top quotes on 'change'. I have collected these quotes from books, and various internet sources that have the power to change your life forever.
Conclusion:
There are so many things in life that are unpredictable. We can't really know when change is going to strike or how it’s going to strike.
Change is inevitable in life. Sometimes we need it and other times we don't want it. But we can't escape it. Whether we want to or not, we'll find that life will pass us by.
The key is to keep fighting and changing your mindset constantly in order to stay on track.
Change can help us to grow and become better versions of ourselves. It can motivate us to take the time to figure out what we want out of life and to pursue our goals. Remember that change should always be seen as an opportunity. It's a way to move forward and progress in life.
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