Quotes About Change, Growth, and Improvement

“Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.”

― Alexander Lowen

“The key to change… is to let go of fear.”

— Rosanne Cash

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”

— Maya Angelou

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

— Viktor Frankl

“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.”

— John Maxwell

“Be bold. Be confident. Be alive. A gallery of possibilities awaits you when you make change your friend.”

— Bob Bone

“Don't go through life, grow through life.”

— Eric Butterworth

“Progress is impossible without change.”

— Walt Disney

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”

— Jim Rohn

“The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.”

— Eng’s Principle

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

— Socrates

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”

— Gail Sheehy

“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”

— Chinese Proverb

“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.”

— Jack Dixon

“Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven’t dealt with the root cause.”

— Rick Warren

“There's only one growth strategy: work hard.”

— William Hague

“Be patient with yourself. You are growing stronger every day. The weight of the world will become lighter... and you will begin to shine brighter. Don't give up.”

— Robert Tew

“Sometimes the winds of change are a hurricane.”

— Derek Sivers

“Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

― Roy T. Bennett

“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”

— Dr. Robert Anthony

“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

— Modified Serenity Prayer

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

— Henry Ford

“Our only security is our ability to change.”

— John Lilly

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

― Albert Einstein

“Old ways won’t open new doors.”

— Unknown

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.”

— Les Brown

“Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It’s your move.”

— Tony Robbins

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.”

— Unknown

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

— Brian Tracy

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

— Carl Rogers

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”

— Unknown

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement… the same way that money multiplies through interest.”

— James Clear

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

— Nathaniel Branden

“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

— Maya Angelou

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

— Albert Einstein

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

— James Baldwin

“Change is never painful; only resistance to change is painful.”

— Buddha

“I think that we have to realize that times of stress are also times that are signals for growth, and if we use adversity properly, we can grow through adversity.”

— Abraham J. Twerski

“Quite often we change our jobs, friends and spouses instead of changing ourselves.”

— Akbarali H. Jetha

“I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.”

— Mister Rogers

 “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.”

— Jim Rohn

“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant… the ordinary instant.”

— Joan Didion

“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”

— Trevor Noah

“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”

— Mandy Hale

“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.” 

— Abraham Maslow

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Improvement isn’t inevitable. Change is.”

— Unknown

“A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.”

— Amit Ray