Change is the only constant (quotes)

  • Nothing is constant except change. Heraclitus
  • The only thing constant is change. Heraclitus
  • The most constant thing is change. Thomas S. Monson
  • Change is inevitable. Change is constant.  Benjamin Disraeli
  • I’m on a constant path of self-discovery and change. Julia Sawalha
  • Remember that the only constant in life is change. Gautama Buddha
  • Not one is constant, but everything is changing. Swami Vivekananda
  • As with any true artist, change is the only constant. Tony MacAlpine
  • It is a constant change. Not one body is constant. Swami Vivekananda
  • The only thing constant in life is change. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
  • Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin. Denise McCluggage
  • Life is a constant process of change, for better or worse. Shelley Winters
  • Constant change is part of the American culture for most people. Rob Pruitt
  • There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles. Stephen Covey
  • The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing. Peter Diamandis
  • Change is a constant. Anything you get attached to will one day be gone. Eric Lange
  • They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Bertrand Russell
  • Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. Richard Branson
  • In a world of constant change, God alone is the Rock upon which to build a life. Max Anders
  • In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever. James C. Collins
  • Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet. Amy Poehler
  • The spiritual process has always been referred to as a journey – constant change. Jaggi Vasudev
  • That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant. Warren G. Bennis
  • Growth is the goal, and that goal is never complete—art must be in constant change. Tom Wesselmann
  • The only thing constant in the world is change, that’s why today I take life as it comes. India Arie
  • Yeah, run if you want to. Time is the anchor, change is the constant, love is the trigger. Chris Pureka
  • Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • There is nothing permanent except change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging. Heraclitus
  • Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. Sharon Salzberg
  • Highly resilient people are flexible, adapt to new circumstances quickly, and thrive in constant change. Al Siebert
  • In Nature nothing remains constant. Everything is in a perpetual state of transformation, motion and change. David Bohm
  • Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life. Benjamin Franklin
  • There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that’s born, bears in its womb the seeds of change. Ovid
  • Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent. Nick Flynn
  • Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. Bruce Lee
  • I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things. S. Robson Walton
  • One of the most constant aspects of American life is change – and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets. Henry Paulson
  • In this life nothing is permanent. Joy, sorrow, pain, pleasure – everything is in a constant state of change. Thankfully. Danielle Cormack
  • Unless the company becomes obsessed with constant change for the better, gradual change for the worse usually goes unnoticed. Vineet Nayar
  • Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it’s the only way they can get anything really finished. Chuck Palahniuk
  • Change is the essence of life; change is the great challenge, the great constant. Change is the ultimate teller of tales. Sarah Ban Breathnach
  • Everything in existence undergoes constant change. The things that surround us, even our selves are temporary manifestations of Ki energy. Ilchi Lee
  • I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow’. Zig Ziglar
  • The human body is in constant change the minute we’re born. It’s in a constant state of decay. We’re all like Ford Escorts, just falling apart. Adam Ferrara
  • Nothing is constant but change! All existence is a perpetual flux of “being and becoming!” That is the broad lesson of the evolution of the world. Ernst Haeckel
  • As history has demonstrated many times over, change may arrive slowly or quickly but it is the one constant, in one form or another, on which we can all count. Aberjhani
  • From now on, change will be the constant. The individuals best prepared to succeed are those who can learn, modify, and grow, regardless of age, experience, or ego. Danny Goodman
  • Our being is continually undergoing and entering upon changes. … We must, strictly speaking, at every moment give each other up and let each other go and not hold each other back. Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Change is the only certainty and creating a sense of self based on transient externals is to base our happiness and inner peace on something highly impermanent and completely unreliable. Aimee Davies
  • Everyone’s opinions about things change over time. Nothing is constant. Everything changes. And to hold onto some dogged idea forever is a little rigid and maybe naive. Frida Kahlo
  • In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing. Plutarch
  • Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station. Paulo Coelho
  • This physical world, though necessary to our evolution, is the embodiment of impermanence, of constant change. Thus, we take care not to become overly attached to it. Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
  • God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers. Betty Eadie
  • Learning how to respond to and master the process of change – and even to excel at it – is a critical leadership skill for the twenty-first century. Constant, rapid change will be a fact of life for all of us. Jennifer James
  • All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement. Ovid
  • The joy of life consists in the exercise of one’s energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal. Aleister Crowley
  • Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we look at ourselves and wonder who we are and how we got that way. Only one thing about change remains constant…it is always painful. Jodi Picoult
  • The universe exists only through a constant dance of consistency and change. Through consistency, consciousness finds meaning; through change it finds stimulation and expansion. To find consistency within change is to embrace the unfolding flow. Anodea Judith
  • Every day I am aware of the flow and constant change; perhaps I am at the edge of discovering what more our bodies might be able to teach about the spirit of life. At least, I am always exploring and trying to understand our relationship to the whole universe. Ruth Bernhard
  • Every little bit, every atom inside the universe, is in a constant state of change and motion, but the universe as a whole is unchangeable, because motion or change is a relative thing; we can only think of something in motion in comparison with something which is not moving. Swami Vivekananda
  • You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you don’t even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don’t even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant. Mark Andrus
  • Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn’t rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation] Ludwig Borne
  • Change is a constant. Anything you get attached to will one day be gone. Love the things you love as best as you can love them in the time you have in their presence. And that change, though I’m often fearful of it, has presented me with some of the greatest surprises I’ve ever received. I’m learning to become friends with it. Eric Lange
  • The only thing we can depend on in life is that everything changes. The seasons, our partners, what we want and need. We hold hands with out high school friends and swear to never lose touch, and then we do.Change is the only constant. Your ability to navigate and tolerate change and its painful uncomfortableness directly correlates to your happiness and general well-being. Amy Poehler
  • We are born into a realm of constant change. Everything is decaying. We are continually losing all that we come in contact with. Our tendency to get attached to impermanent experiences causes sorrow, lamentation and grief, because eventually we are separated from everything and everyone we love. Our lack of acceptance and understanding of this fact makes life unsatisfactory. Noah Levine
  • Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability and to prevent, or at least slow down, change. But the organization of the post-capitalist society of organizations is a destabilizer. Because its function is to put knowledge to work – on tools, processes, and products; on work; on knowledge itself – it must be organized for constant change. Peter Drucker
  • And by the influence of heat, light, and electrical powers, there is a constant series of changes; matter assumes new forms, the destruction of one order of beings tends to the conservation of another; solution and consolidation, decay and renovation, are connected; and whilst the parts of the system continue in a state of fluctuation and change, the order and harmony of the whole remain unalterable. Humphry Davy
  • Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth. Daisaku Ikeda
  • As the great Confucius said, “The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change.” Flow. But we keep looking back, don’t we? We cling to things in the past and cling to things in the present…Do you want to enjoy a symphony? Don’t hold on to a few bars of the music. Don’t hold on to a couple of notes. Let them pass, let them flow. The whole enjoyment of a symphony lies in your readiness to allow the notes to pass. Anthony de Mello