Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. – Saul Alinsky
The most useless are those who never change through the years. – James M. Barrie
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. – Charles Caleb Colton
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. – Giordano Bruno
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. – Alfred Lord Tennyson
Habits change into character. – Ovid
Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian. – Emma Goldman
Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. – Joyce Meyer
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. – Les Brown
There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master. – David Herbert Lawrence
Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life. – Alvin Toffler
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds. – R. D. Laing
I know that my race must change. – Chief Joseph
Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent. – Nolan Ryan
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there. – Richard P. Feynman
When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change. – Annette Funicello
As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser. – Wendy Carlos
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. – Jesse Jackson
Only idiots refuse to change their minds. – Brigitte Bardot