“It rests by changing.”
Heraclitus
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200 FAMOUS QUOTES · CHANGE
Change Quotes
Read 200 of the best change quotes about embracing change, growth, new beginnings and letting go, from Heraclitus, Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare and more.
“Change in all things is sweet.”
Aristotle
VarietyLife
“Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.”
Marcus Aurelius
ImpermanenceMemory
“If you are fond of a jug, say 'I am fond of a jug'; then if it be broken you will not be disturbed.”
Epictetus
Letting GoAttachment
“Many terms that have fallen out of use shall be born again, and those shall fall that are now in repute.”
Horace
TrendsCycles
“The snows have fled, the grass now returns to the fields, and the leaves to the trees.”
Horace
SeasonsRenewal
“When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.”
Lao Tzu
Letting GoHumility
“Not being able to change what is not good: these are the things which occasion me solicitude.”
Confucius
Self-ImprovementResponsibility
“There are only the wise of the highest class, and the stupid of the lowest class, who cannot be changed.”
Confucius
GrowthHuman Nature
“For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead.”
Bhagavad Gita
CyclesLife
“But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter.”
The Bible (Isaiah 64:8)
TransformationFaith
“The vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel.”
The Bible (Jeremiah 18:4)
Second ChancesRenewal
“A time to break down, and a time to build up.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 3:3)
SeasonsRebuilding
“A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 3:2)
SeasonsLetting Go
“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again.”
The Bible (Job 14:7)
HopeRenewal
“Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
The Bible (2 Corinthians 4:16)
Inner GrowthRenewal
“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.”
The Bible (Matthew 9:17)
New BeginningsWisdom
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
The Bible (Psalm 51:10)
RenewalFaith
“Break up your fallow ground.”
The Bible (Hosea 10:12)
GrowthAction
“To give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning.”
The Bible (Isaiah 61:3)
TransformationHope
“Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
The Bible (Matthew 18:3)
TransformationHumility
“When I consider every thing that grows holds in perfection but a little moment.”
William Shakespeare
ImpermanenceGrowth
“Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws.”
William Shakespeare
TimeAging
“For use almost can change the stamp of nature.”
William Shakespeare
HabitsTransformation
“O heaven! were man but constant, he were perfect.”
William Shakespeare
ConstancyHuman Nature