Saturday, June 05, 2004
RE: [famous_quotes] quotes on "change"
Quotes on CHANGE
"Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be
able to truly change at all, because you'll be forever in the control of
things you can't give up."
- Andy Law
Creative Company
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
- Confucius
"Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they
have-and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that
up."
- James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
Flight of the Buffalo (1994)
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to
conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things."
- Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (1532)
"The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything,
competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the
next few decades."
- John P. Kotter
Leading Change
"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to
worse; as I have found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it often a
comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place."
- Washington Irving
Tales of a Traveler (1824)
"We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place
with an easy and blesses facility, and we are soon wonted to the change
and happy in it."
- Mark Twain
"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the
times."
- Niccolo Machiavelli
"People don't resist change. They resist being changed!"
- Peter Senge
"Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against
other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that our way is the
best way."
- Louis L'Amour
The Lonely Men
"All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself."
- Paul Hawken
"Natural Capitalism, Yoga Journal October 1994
We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
- W. H. Auden
"Your success in life isn't based on your ability to simply change. It
is based on your ability to change faster than your competition,
customers and business."
- Mark Sanborn
"When a mature and able manager feels bored, he should seriously
consider changing jobs, changing companies-or simply retiring. It is not
fair to anyone for half a leader to hold a full-time leadership job."
- James L. Hayes
"Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn't all bad - not
by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life - to keep us moving
... to keep us growing ... to keep us interested . ... Imagine life
without change. It would be static ... boring ... dull."
- Dr. Dennis O'Grady
in Bottom Line - Personal
"Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that
still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be
postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable.
But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is
the norm."
- Peter Drucker
Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999)
"Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes
when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the realities
of people working together every day."
- Frances Hesselbein
The Key to Cultural Transformation, Leader to Leader (Spring 1999)
"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification."
- Publilius Syrus
First Century BC
"The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just
as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better."
- Robert P. Vanderpoel
"As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all
innovations, which are the births of time."
- Francis Bacon
Essays, II, On Innovation
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can
change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
"I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward."
- David Livingstone
"An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way rapidly winning
over and converting its opponents; it rarely happens that Saul becomes
Paul. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out and that
the growing generation is familiarized with the idea from the
beginning."
-Max Planck
The Philosophy of Physics, 1936
"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
"Ten years ago, Peter Senge introduced the idea of the 'learning
organization' Now he says that for big companies to change, we need to
stop thinking like mechanics and to start acting like gardeners."
- Alan M. Webber
Learning for a Change
"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one.
Try, instead, to work with what you've got. "
- Peter Drucker
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is
the greatest innovator."
- Francis Bacon
Essays, II, On Innovation
"Everything is in a process of change, nothing endures; we do not seek
permanence."
- Masatoshi Naito
"Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness."
- Marshall McLuhan
"Keep in mind that you cannot control your own future. Your destiny is
not in your hands; it is in the hands of the irrational consumer and
society. The changes in their needs, desires, and demands will tell you
where you must go. All this means that managers must themselves feel the
pulse of change on a daily, continuous basis.... They should have
intense curiosity, observe events, analyze trends, seek the clues of
change, and translate those clues into opportunities."
- Michael J. Kami
Pooh Bear
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"Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be
able to truly change at all, because you'll be forever in the control of
things you can't give up."
- Andy Law
Creative Company
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
- Confucius
"Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they
have-and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that
up."
- James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
Flight of the Buffalo (1994)
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to
conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things."
- Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (1532)
"The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything,
competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the
next few decades."
- John P. Kotter
Leading Change
"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to
worse; as I have found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it often a
comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place."
- Washington Irving
Tales of a Traveler (1824)
"We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place
with an easy and blesses facility, and we are soon wonted to the change
and happy in it."
- Mark Twain
"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the
times."
- Niccolo Machiavelli
"People don't resist change. They resist being changed!"
- Peter Senge
"Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against
other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that our way is the
best way."
- Louis L'Amour
The Lonely Men
"All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself."
- Paul Hawken
"Natural Capitalism, Yoga Journal October 1994
We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
- W. H. Auden
"Your success in life isn't based on your ability to simply change. It
is based on your ability to change faster than your competition,
customers and business."
- Mark Sanborn
"When a mature and able manager feels bored, he should seriously
consider changing jobs, changing companies-or simply retiring. It is not
fair to anyone for half a leader to hold a full-time leadership job."
- James L. Hayes
"Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn't all bad - not
by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life - to keep us moving
... to keep us growing ... to keep us interested . ... Imagine life
without change. It would be static ... boring ... dull."
- Dr. Dennis O'Grady
in Bottom Line - Personal
"Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that
still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be
postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable.
But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is
the norm."
- Peter Drucker
Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999)
"Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes
when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the realities
of people working together every day."
- Frances Hesselbein
The Key to Cultural Transformation, Leader to Leader (Spring 1999)
"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification."
- Publilius Syrus
First Century BC
"The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just
as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better."
- Robert P. Vanderpoel
"As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all
innovations, which are the births of time."
- Francis Bacon
Essays, II, On Innovation
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can
change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
"I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward."
- David Livingstone
"An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way rapidly winning
over and converting its opponents; it rarely happens that Saul becomes
Paul. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out and that
the growing generation is familiarized with the idea from the
beginning."
-Max Planck
The Philosophy of Physics, 1936
"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
"Ten years ago, Peter Senge introduced the idea of the 'learning
organization' Now he says that for big companies to change, we need to
stop thinking like mechanics and to start acting like gardeners."
- Alan M. Webber
Learning for a Change
"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one.
Try, instead, to work with what you've got. "
- Peter Drucker
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is
the greatest innovator."
- Francis Bacon
Essays, II, On Innovation
"Everything is in a process of change, nothing endures; we do not seek
permanence."
- Masatoshi Naito
"Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness."
- Marshall McLuhan
"Keep in mind that you cannot control your own future. Your destiny is
not in your hands; it is in the hands of the irrational consumer and
society. The changes in their needs, desires, and demands will tell you
where you must go. All this means that managers must themselves feel the
pulse of change on a daily, continuous basis.... They should have
intense curiosity, observe events, analyze trends, seek the clues of
change, and translate those clues into opportunities."
- Michael J. Kami
Pooh Bear
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