He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. – Harold Wilson
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. – W. Edwards Deming (Thanks, Michelle)
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
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. – Viktor Frankl
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. – Shunryu Suzuki
You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. – Denis Waitley
When you are through changing, you are through. – Bruce Barton
The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. – Henry Miller
Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine. – Robert C. Gallagher
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. – Confucius
Change always comes bearing gifts. – Price Pritchett
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. – Ellen Glasgow
Growth is the only evidence of life. – John Henry Newman, Apologia pro vita sua, 1864
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. – Faith Baldwin
The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one. – William H. Seward
The birds are molting. If only man could molt also — his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions. – James Allen
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. – William Blake
You can avoid having ulcers by adapting to the situation: If you fall in the mud puddle, check your pockets for fish. – Author Unknown
Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. – Marcel Proust
Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow. – Glen Beaman
