40 inspirational quotes on dealing with growth and changes in life

Changes will always happen, both planned and unexpected. How we deal with changes that are thrown our way says a lot about who we are as a person, and the inner strength and esteem that we have. Here are 40 change in life quotes that might be of help during uncertain and unfavorable times.

1. “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” ― Steve Maraboli

2. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

3. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead

4. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

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

6. “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” ― Mary Shelley

7. “To say goodbye is to die a little.” ― Raymond Chandler

8. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi

9. “If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.” ― Steve Maraboli

10. “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

11. “Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.” ― Lemony Snicket

12. “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” ― C. JoyBell C.

13. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ― Andy Warhol

14. “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

15. “I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back….” ― Erica Jong

16. “We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.” ― C. JoyBell C.

17. “The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” ― Kiran Desai

18. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ― George Bernard Shaw

19. “We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.” ― Walter Mosley

20. “Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.” ― Maya Angelou

21. “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” ― Libba Bray

22. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ― Mother Teresa

23. “You’re always you, and that don’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” ― Neil Gaiman

24. “How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.” ― Steve Maraboli

25. “Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” ― Eckhart Tolle

26. “Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.” ― J.D. Salinger

27. “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” ― William Jennings Bryan

28. “We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” ― Rick Warren

29. “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

30. “Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens” ― Tony DeLiso,

31. “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” ― Philip Pullman

32. “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” ― Madonna

33. “Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.” ― Stephen King

34. “Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change” ― Cassandra Clare

35. “Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day!” ― Steve Maraboli

36. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller

37. “Change, like healing, takes time.” ― Veronica Roth

38. “I’m unpredictable, I never know where I’m going until I get there, I’m so random, I’m always growing, learning, changing, I’m never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about me; is I will always do exactly what I want to do.” ― C. JoyBell C.

39. “The person you became with her is worth being.” ― Veronica Roth

40. “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” ― Aldous Huxley