{"id":60367,"date":"2011-05-17T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/?p=60367"},"modified":"2011-05-18T20:58:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T20:58:50","slug":"quotes-about-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/05\/quotes-about-change.html","title":{"rendered":"Quotes To Embrace  Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60370\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/05\/56400458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60370\" title=\"Flower Close-up\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/05\/56400458-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Change Is Beautiful\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Embrace The Unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2009\/Positive-Steps-for-Change.aspx\">Change<\/a>\u00a0is a certainity of life.\u00a0 In my experience\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/Books\/2000\/12\/Embracing-Change.aspx?p=2\">change<\/a> is usually hard, or it&#8217;s not really a &#8220;change&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve put together a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2010\/06\/Inspiring-Quotes-on-Embracing-Change.aspx\">quotes about change<\/a>\u00a0to inspire you today.<\/p>\n<div><strong><strong>He who rejects change is the architect of decay.\u00a0 The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.\u00a0 ~Harold Wilson<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>If you don&#8217;t like something change it; if you can&#8217;t change it, change the way you think about it.\u00a0 ~Mary Engelbreit<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>It is not necessary to change.\u00a0 Survival is not mandatory.\u00a0 ~W. Edwards Deming\u00a0 <em>(Thank you, Michelle.)<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.\u00a0 ~Anatole France<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.\u00a0 ~Victor Frankl<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.\u00a0 But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it.\u00a0 Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.\u00a0 ~Shunryu Suzuki<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.\u00a0 ~Henry Miller<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>Change is inevitable &#8211; except from a vending machine.\u00a0 ~Robert C. Gallagher<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>If you&#8217;re in a bad situation, don&#8217;t worry it&#8217;ll change.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re in a good situation, don&#8217;t worry it&#8217;ll change.\u00a0 ~John A. Simone, Sr.<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse!\u00a0 As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one&#8217;s position, and be bruised in a new place.\u00a0 ~Washington Irving<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>More Inspiration:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Holistic-Living\/2008\/12\/Make-Wishes-Come-True.aspx\">Make Your Wishes Come True<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2005\/09\/A-Lesson-In-Change.aspx\">Lessons in Change<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Change\u00a0is a certainity of life.\u00a0 In my experience\u00a0change is usually hard, or it&#8217;s not really a &#8220;change&#8221;. I&#8217;ve put together a few quotes about change\u00a0to inspire you today. He who rejects change is the architect of decay.\u00a0 The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.\u00a0 ~Harold&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,5,57,63,43],"tags":[332,310,44,304,19],"class_list":["post-60367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change","category-inspiration","category-joy","category-life","category-quotes-2","tag-change","tag-faith","tag-hope","tag-inspiration","tag-quotes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quotes To Embrace Change - Whole Living<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/05\/quotes-about-change.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quotes To Embrace Change - Whole Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Change\u00a0is a certainity of life.\u00a0 In my experience\u00a0change is usually hard, or it&#8217;s not really a &#8220;change&#8221;. 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