Ten Great Quotes on Change
Kobina Wright
October 23, 2008
So here it is, literally days before the presidential election. In this post I recaptured the spirit of change by revisited three quotes from the previous article and added seven additional quotes on "change" to the collection.
10 Quotes on CHANGE:
"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
John F. Kennedy Kennedy graduated from Harvard University with a science degree and later joined the United States Navy and became an intelligence officer. In Congress he advocated progressive taxation, the extension of social welfare and more low-cost public housing. He be came the thirty-fifth President of the USA
"One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about." - Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael, once chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, coined the phrase "Black is beautiful." He later became affiliated with the Black Nationalist Movement and the Pan-Africanist Movement.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi - a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world..
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." -Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin's book The Origin of Species was a scientific bombshell in its day and remains a much-discussed work 150 years later. Darwin was the official naturalist aboard the British ship H.M.S. Beagle during its world voyage of 1831-36. His observations during the journey led him to develop a theory of evolution: the notion that species evolve as the fittest members survive and pass their traits on to future generations.
"It is not light that is needed, but fire." - Frederick Douglas
Douglas was born a slave, and later became a leader in the Abolitionist Movement. He also became the first Black person to hold a high ranking position in the US government.
"When you're finished changing, you're finished." -Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
"Everything changes, nothing remains without change." -Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha - Founder of Buddhism.
"By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears." - Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was highly influential during the Victorian era.
"People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid 1800s..
"The change we seek has always required great struggle and sacrifice. And so this is a battle in our own hearts and minds about what kind of country we want and how hard we're willing to work for it." - Barack Obama
Obama is a US senator from Illinois and a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for presidency.