Quotes about Change
How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!
— Mark Twain
The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.
— Thomas a Kempis
If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One, they were angry at the state of affairs and, two, they were people of faith.
— Leymah Gbowee
Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.
— William Wordsworth
Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.
— Henepola Gunaratana
Women are the only ones who will be able to eliminate the patriarchy, and when that happens all of us will win, men as much as women.
— Isabel Allende
Men and times change-but principles-never.
— Grover Cleveland
As a man passes into middle life, or beyond it, autumn, it has been said, whispers more to his soul than any other season of the natural year. It is not difficult to see why this should be.
— Henry Parry Liddon
In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them.
— Epictetus
The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
— George Bernard Shaw
Only a handful of men and women leave an imprint on the conscience of a nation and on the history that they helped shape.
— Barack Obama