Quotes About Change That'll Fix Some Perspectives

Change by its very definition is an uncomfortable thing. Change forces us from the comforts of complacency and thrusts us headfirst into the unknown. It can be hard, painful, and even terrifying.

What few manage to realize is what lies just on the other side of change is personal growth. It isn't always easy to arrive at, but with a little help from these quotes about change — it'll certainly help to fix some perspectives.

The secret of happiness lies in acceptance.

Foolish is the person who rages against the dying of the light or the rising of a new sun, for these things are inevitable. There is only one way through life and that is forward.

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

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If we seek to change the world around us, we must first begin with attempting to change ourselves and our way of thinking. As Einstein once may or may not have said — insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.

Try and remember that pain is only temporary.

It can feel like a sensory overload and a total shock to our system. Try and understand that this is normal and in time it will pass. Remember that true growth comes from accepting that nothing gold can stay.

We either learn to accept change or doom ourselves to an eternity of mundane repetition.

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"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” - Friedrich Nietzsche