Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”—Rumi.

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

“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”—Roy T. Bennett.

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”—John F. Kennedy

“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.

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”—Mahatma Gandhi.

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

“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”—Taylor Swift

“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

“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.

“There is nothing so stable as change.”—Bob Dylan

"The first step towards change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." - Nathaniel Branden.

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”—Maya Angelou.

“We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.”— Harrison Ford

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”—Winston Churchill

Let him who would move the world first move himself.”—Socrates

Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”—Steve Jobs

“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”—Haruki Murakami

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”—Barack Obama.

If you're looking for words of encouragement and inspiration, these quotes about change will light a motivating spark from within.

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