88 Inspiring Self-Change Quotes to Spark Inner Growth
Growth starts with change, and becoming the best version of yourself is a journey.
That’s why we’ve gathered all the best self-change quotes for your next post.
And if you’re looking for inspiring and thought-provoking sayings about personal growth, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Our Favorite Self-Change Quotes
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” ― Winston S. Churchill
“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” ― Katherine Hepburn
“What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.” ― Madeleine Albright
“Sometimes you hit a point where you either change or self-destruct.” ― Sam Stevens
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy
“Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Nothing is lost . . . Everything is transformed.” ― Michael Ende
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” ― Simone de Beauvoir
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Anatole France
“Changing is what people do when they have no options left.” ― Holly Black
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” — Confucius
“If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ― Maya Angelou
“Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time, it’s both.” ― Lana Lang
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“Change before you have to.” ― Jack Welch
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” ― Jim Rohn
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ― Henri Bergson
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ― Charles Darwin
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ― Andy Warhol
“Every success story is a tale of constant adaptation, revision and change.” ― Richard Branson
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ― John F. Kennedy
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ― George Bernard Shaw
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” ― Simone de Beauvoir
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ― George Eliot
“One day, or day one. You decide.” ― Unknown
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” ― Peter Drucker
“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” ― Abraham Maslow
Quotes About Accepting Change
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” ― Joseph Campbell
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― Andre Gide
“When in doubt, choose change.” ― Lily Leung
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” ― Marilyn Monroe
“You’re always you, and that don’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” ― Neil Gaiman
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“Things don’t go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you’re gonna be.” ― Trey Anastasio
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” ― Carl Jung
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.” ― Denis Waitley
“I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.” ― Abdul Kalam
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ― Walt Disney
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” ― Henry Ford
“You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” ― Conrad Hall
“Looking back isn’t going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do.” ― McKayla Maroney
“I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.” ― Robert Downey, Jr.
“Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It’s important to remember that you don’t always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.” ― Debby Ryan
“There’s some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don’t quite know what is going to happen next.” ― Dan Scanlon
“Don’t fear change – embrace it.” ― Anthony J. D’Angelo
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ― Alan Watts
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” ― Nathaniel Branden
“Change brings opportunity.” ― Nido Qubein
“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” ― Arnold Bennett
“We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.” ― Edmund Burke
Inspirational Self Change Quotes
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ― Socrates
“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others– it only changes yours.” ― Shannon Alder
“To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.” ― William James
“Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.” ― Sylvia Plath
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back….” ― Erica Jong
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn’t quite as spectacular.” ― Lisa Lutz
“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t… It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” ― James Gordon
“People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t.” ― Stephen Fry
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” ― C. Joybell C
“Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.” ― Ali Vincent
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” ― Jacob M. Braude
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” ― Gail Sheehy
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” ― Stephen R. Covey
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ― Wayne Dyer
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ― Barack Obama
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ― Maya Angelou
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally.” ― Laozi
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ― Alan Watts
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” ― Reinhold Niebuhr
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston Churchill
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ― A. A. Milne
“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” ― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” ― Henry Van Dyke
“Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.” ― Barack Obama
“There is nothing permanent except change.” ― Heraclitus
“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” ― Deepak Chopra
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ― Ayn Rand
“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” ― Arnold Bennett
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ― Alice Walker
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
