Change

• A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject Winston Churchill
• Tolerate, change, or be grateful. Rickie Moore
• The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. James Russell Lowell
• Change is the nursery of music, joy, life and Eternity. John Donne
• If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds. J. B. Phillips
• One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life. Anatole France (1844-1924, French Writer)
• We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. Jessamyn West
• Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus
• It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin (1809-1882, British Naturalist)
• While it is possible to change without improving, it is impossible to improve without changing. anonymous
• The more investment you have in your beliefs, the harder it is to change them. anonymous
• When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change... you will change. anonymous
• Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as you can change your beliefs. Maxwell Maltz
• Some people change their ways when they see the light; other when they feel the heat. Caroline Schoeder
• Today, loving change, tumult, even chaos is a prerequisite for survival, let alone success. Thomas J. Peters
• Change is the law. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy
• In times of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer
• The industrial landscape is already littered with remains of once successful companies that could not adapt their strategic vision to altered conditions of competition. Abernathy
• We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped. Lyman L. Bryson
• Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. Karen Kaiser Clark
• It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin
• The search for static security -- in the law and elsewhere -- is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts. William O. Douglas
• When you're finished changing, you're finished. Benjamin Franklin
• I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow. Nelson Jackson
• Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
• 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
• The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment. Art Spander
• A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. Herbert Spencer
• We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability. Lynn White
• He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson
• We must be the change we wish to see in the world. Gandhi

The Zen Master is visiting New York City from Tibet. He goes up to a hot dog vendor and says, "Make me one with everything." The hot dog vendor fixes a hot dog and hands it to the ZenMaster, who pays with a $20 bill. The vendor puts the bill in the cash box and closes it. "Where's my change?" asks the Zen Master. The vendor responds, "Change must come from within."