Quotes About Change

To be significant, all you have to do is make a difference with others wherever you are, with whatever you have, day by day.

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency should head the list. —John C. Maxwell

You don't say how slim the odds are but rather how you can improve the odds.

Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.

El problema que tienen la mayoría de las personas es que quieren que las cosas sigan siendo iguales y al mismo tiempo que mejoren. Obviamente, eso no es posible. Si verdaderamente quiere crecer, comprométase no sólo a aceptar el cambio, sino a buscarlo.

Leaders are change agents, not change resisters.

I believed that if you have the heart to make a difference, there is always an answer, but if you have a heart of indifference, there is never an answer.

THE DIFFERENCE THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Only when you make the right changes to your thinking do other things begin to turn out right.

as the Chinese proverb asserts, "Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still." —

William A. Hewitt, Chairman of Deere and Company, says, "To be a leader you must preserve all through your life the attitude of being receptive to new ideas. The quality of leadership you will give will depend upon your ability to evaluate new ideas, to separate change for the sake of change from change for the sake of me.

Necesitamos líderes más valerosos y culturas más valientes.

Don't ever be too impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But, take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's probably not really a change.

Los administradores pueden mantener el rumbo, pero no pueden cambiarlo. Para cambiar el rumbo de las personas, se necesita influencia.

A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.

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

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

Wishing for things to change wouldn't make them change. Hoping for improvements wouldn't bring them.

ARE YOU CONTENT WITH THE STATUS QUO, OR ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE RISKS TO GAIN HIGHER LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT?

Are you at the head of your class? If so, then you're in the wrong class.

Los puntos críticos pueden proveer perspectiva, que es la capacidad de ver los cambios mayores dentro del marco de una vida entera y dejar que actúe el poder sanador del tiempo.

That grumpy woman didn't deserve to be treated kindly. But when she was treated not as she was, but as I wanted her to be and believed she could become, her perspective suddenly changed.

An infant is born with a clenched fist; a man dies with an open hand. Life has a way of prying free the things we think are so important.

Las palabras son el vehículo de las ideas y tienen el poder de cambiar el mundo.