Quotes about Change
With respect to ceremonies, there is some appearance of a change having taken place; but it was only the use of them that was abolished, for their meaning was more fully confirmed. The coming of Christ has taken nothing away even from ceremonies, but, on the contrary, confirms them by exhibiting the truth of shadow.
— John Calvin
No sooner are some false prophets put down than others pop up in all directions.
— John Calvin
Yesternight the sun went hence,And yet is here today.
— John Donne
Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night.
— John Donne
when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again, for that library where every book shall lie open to one another;
— John Donne
Methinks I lied all winter, when I swore My love was infinite, if spring makes it more.
— John Donne
Though she were true when you met her. and last till you write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two, or three.
— John Donne
Change is the nursery Of musicke, joy, life, and eternity. (Elegie III: Change)
— John Donne
Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child's version of it cannot be the same as an old person's.
— Deepak Chopra
Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.
— Donald Miller
Life cracked like ice!
— F Scott Fitzgerald
The nature o' things doesn't change, though it seems as if one's own life was nothing but change.
— George Eliot