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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
William James on change

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers on change

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
Thomas Hardy on change

Things don't have to change the world to be important.
Steve Jobs on change

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
Bill Gates on change

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.
Clint Eastwood on change

Change is the end result of all true learning.
Leo Buscaglia on change

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.
Bill Gates on change

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Gilda Radner on change

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.
Frank Zappa on change

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change.
Albert Camus on change

Change your opinions, keep to your principles change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
Victor Hugo on change

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.
Aleister Crowley on change

I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
Yogi Berra on change

In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
Carl Rogers on change

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
Mason Cooley on change

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
William James on change

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato on change

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
Robert Anthony on change

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
Niccolo Machiavelli on change