Accepting Change Quotes

Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.

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.

There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Be the change you want to see.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

People sometimes have a very hard time accepting change.

Be the trouble you want to see in the world.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Be the change you want to see in your networks

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.

An individual’s state of consciousness (awareness) simply means his ability to accept change in his life. It includes new thoughts and new feelings, and the new behavior and actions that will naturally come as a result.

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.

If you don’t change direction, you end up where you are headed.

Build what you want to see in the world.

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

All progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.

I’m always willing to accept change, just as long as it isn’t change for the sake of change. If that change will result in a better way of doing things, then I’m all for it.

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

All great changes are preceded by chaos.

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change.

Ignore reality, there’s nothing you can do about it.

Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

If you can’t change it.. change the way you think about it

I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better.

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

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the Giants and Dodgers from New York to California brought that pressure in abundance.