The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant. Therefore, we can predict his future only within the large framework of a statistical survey referring to the whole group; the individual personality remains essentially unpredictable.
In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible.
Constancy in love is an eternal inconstancy, which causes our heart to attach itself successively to all the qualities of the person we love.
You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.
Dance with the winds of change, but stay anchored in your center.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
When the wind of change blows, some build walls while others build windmills.
When the rhythm of the drum changes, so must the steps of the dance.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Nothing is permanent in life. Enjoy the change, celebrate the flow.
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight.
Is any man afraid of change? What can take place without change?
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
All things are changing; you yourself are in continuous mutation and in a manner dying every day.
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