Top 10 thoughts about change

This article provides a range of insights about change from some philosophers, economists, writers and analysts; from Greek Philosophers to Michael Jackson.

Nothing is permanent but change.

Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, 500BC

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, date unknown

Things will have to change so that things may stay the same.

Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Italian writer, 1958

There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.

Tennessee Williams, American writer, 1953

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss
the future.

John Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, 1963

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, 1900

If you wanna make the world a better place….take a look at yourself and then make a change.

Michael Jackson, singer, Man in the Mirror, 1988

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his
attitude.

Oprah Winfrey, US talkshow host, date unknown

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, 2008

The question is not whether we are able to change, but whether we are changing fast enough.

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, date unknown

This is article 2 from the May 2013 edition of the Right Lane Review titled ‘Change-up’. All articles and article summaries from the Right Lane Review are posted on this knowledge site.