Powerful Change Quotes

#1. Inspiration is a powerful change agent waiting for you to harness it.

Elaina Marie

#2. [A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

Margaret J. Wheatley

#3. Now is the perfect time to make powerful change-your willingness is at an all-time high.

Gabrielle Bernstein

#4. People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms.

John Holdren

#5. And now, because of a song, Vimes, a simple piece of music, Vimes, soft as a breath, stranger than a mountain, some very powerful states have agreed to work together to heal the problems of another autonomous state and, almost as collateral, turn some animals into people at a stroke.

Terry Pratchett

#6. The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.

Barry Commoner

#7. There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online - what's good for ordinary people - but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they are. I want that to change. And that's what I want to do next.

Sue Gardner

#8. [On women in previously all-male fields:] I think it will change in a lot of workplaces. I'm not so sure it will ever change on Capitol Hill until more women are in powerful positions. Because this is the last plantation for men.

Andrea Mitchell

#9. The appeal to the 'natural' is one of the most powerful aspects of common-sense thinking but it is a way of understanding social relations which denies history and the possibility of change for the future.

Chris Weedon

#10. Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of yourself. First by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can begin to realize your human spirit.

Bikram Choudhury

#11. If you want to change your life - right now - there is nothing more powerful than changing what you believe!

Ray Dodd

#12. Change, no matter how small, requires loss. And the prospect of loss is far more powerful than potential gain. It's difficult to imagine what a change will do to us. This is why we need stories so desperately.

Shawn Coyne

#13. Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.

Michael Franti

#14. We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Edmund Burke

#15. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.

Michael Franti

#16. The passion to change the world for the better is a more powerful force than defense to keep it the same.

Simon Sinek

#17. Everybody's life is either rewarding or an example.

Tony Robbins

#18. Change is powerful, but change always comes with the possibility of failure as its partner. "This might not work" isn't merely something to be tolerated; it's something you must seek out.

Seth Godin

#19. It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a thing, or within itself, which is more powerful than the surroundings.

Swami Vivekananda

#20. You have control over three things - what you think, what you say, and how you behave. To make a change in your life, you must recognize that these gifts are the most powerful tools you possess in shaping the form of your life.

Sonia Friedman

#21. Awareness is a powerful catalyst for positive change.

Cheryl Richardson

#22. People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions.

David W. Earle

#23. High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a really powerful actor can come in and change your script.

Neill Blomkamp

#24. Images are powerful; they can distort memories, recreate reality and change history.

Self

#25. The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.

Bruce D. Perry

#26. Capitalism is the most powerful tool for positive social change.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#27. Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.

Jeffrey Jones

#28. Lord, by the words of consecration the substance of the bread and wine is converted into the substance of your Body and Blood. All powerful Lord, say over me the word which will change me into You.

Anthony Mary Claret

#29. One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible.

Shawn Achor

#30. The kind of gospel that our churches are preaching sometimes are not powerful enough to change the very street where these churches are located talk less of the nation where they are

Sunday Adelaja

#31. The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

Simon Mainwaring

#32. Diabolical error, when it has artfully colored its lies, easily clothes itself in the likeness of truth while very brief additions or changes corrupt the meaning of expressions; and confession, which usually works salvation, sometimes, with a slight change, inches toward death.

Pope Clement XIII

#33. You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.

Aaron Copland

#34. Images at their passionate and truthful best are as powerful as words can ever be. If they alone cannot bring change, they can at least provide and understanding mirror of man's actions, thereby sharpening human awareness and awakening conscience.

Cornell Capa

#35. We can master change not though force or fear, but only though the free work of an understanding mind, though an openness to new knowledge and fresh outlooks, which can only strengthen the most fragile and most powerful of human gifts: the gift of reason.

Robert Kennedy

#36. The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.

Kim Dotcom

#37. We are smart and powerful enough to change our world as we need.

Timur Bekmambetov

#38. Business itself is now the most powerful force for change in the world today, richer and faster by far than most governments. And what is it doing with this power? It is using free trade, the most powerful weapon at its disposal, to tighten its grip on the globe.

Anita Roddick

#39. You are not your thoughts!! This simple yet powerful statement can greatly change the quality of your life.

Dawn Gluskin

#40. It's a wholly illogical but nonetheless powerful belief that things will change for the better in a new place; that the urge to self-destruct will magically disappear.

Stephen King

#41. Writing is a struggle against the silence where words can have a powerful impact in just a split second and change your life forever ...

Lisa Jones

#42. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela

#43. What you believe is powerful. If you can change what you believe, you can change your life!

Joseph Prince

#44. Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.

Sheryl Sandberg

#45. Certainty is one of the weakest positions in life. Curiosity is one of the most powerful. Certainty prohibits learning, curiosity fuels change.

Liz Wiseman

#46. All powerful and lasting change, whether in your personal life or your business, comes from the heart, not the mind.

Tonya Sheridan

#47. I have a vision for a world where business is the most powerful force for positive change.

Lucas Donat

#48. A simple change of scenery can bring about powerful shifts in the flow of time and emotions

Haruki Murakami

#49. I think that women can be just completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth-you have something powerful in you-that fierce thing comes up-and I think babies need moms to have that fierceness-you feel like you can do anything and that's the feeling we want moms to have.

Ina May Gaskin

#50. Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.

Robert Kennedy

#51. Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.

Volunteer 4 Africa

#52. Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. More than a simple desire to discover or know things, curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. Curiosity changes us. It is also a way to effect change, perhaps even on a global level.

Loren Rhoads

#53. Our struggle has inspired oppressed people the world over, because if former slaves can make the most powerful nation face itself, there's a chance for everyone else. In a twist, our rage becomes hope for others.

Mychal Denzel Smith

#54. Powerful, emotionally charged and worthy of every accolade the film industry has to offer. OCTOBER BABY will change you ... just open your heart.

Judie Brown

#55. America's greatest long-term influence on China comes from playing host to the thousands of students who come from China each year, some of the ablest Chinese scholars and scientists. They will be the most powerful agents for change in China.

Lee Kuan Yew

#56. The virtue and the strength of UWC is that it provides small, but powerful cells of innovation, catalysts for change, breaking barriers of habit and opening broader vistas of experience for both pupils and educationalists.

Nelson Mandela

#57. It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.

Mel Gibson

#58. To see change in your own area code is very powerful. There's a little orphanage down the street from my company, and we donate $1 from the sale of each CD we sell to the orphanage.

Henry Rollins

#59. Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf of political prisoners, the power of telling stories is usually what causes change.

Erin Gruwell

#60. I'm not going to be worshipped by some powerful, loaded, sword-wielding man who will change my life if I marry him. Because that is Aragon, son of Arathorn, and he doesn't exist.

Caitlin Moran

#61. But, my wolf, compassion is often mistaken for weakness when the fact is, there is very little that is more powerful than the courage it takes to give it. The one thing I know that's even more powerful is the courage it takes to forge your own path, make your own mark and in doing so, make change.

Kristen Ashley

#62. Writing is the most powerful weapon on earth.It can change minds and stir souls.

D. Anne Paris

#63. Love is such a powerful force. It's there for everyone to embrace-that kind of unconditional love for all of humankind. That is the kind of love that impels people to go into the community and try to change conditions for others, to take risks for what they believe in.

Coretta Scott King

#64. Use the powerful tool of thought and develop your mindset to believing and knowing you can change anything to your favour; yes, you have God's Word so fashion your thought according to God's Word.

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#65. We have this powerful lever at Google Ventures, which is to invest $200 million a year. This is a huge lever. It's not all going into one place; it's going into lots of start ups and founders and entrepreneurs, all of which are levers to try and change the world in one way or another.

Bill Maris

#66. Wealth isn't always measured in dollar signs. We each have time, talent and creativity, all of which can be powerful forces for positive change. Share your blessings in whatever form they come and to whatever level you have been blessed.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

#67. Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few chords can change us where no self-help books can.

Jane Siberry

#68. Pursue your dreams. You have one life to awe the world.
Use your powerful words to change the world.

Anna Glazebrook

#69. All of life presents itself as a cycle of cause and effect. When this cycle is negative, there are three ways to change. You can change the cause, change the effect, or choose the most powerful option become the cause!

Bill Crawford

#70. The right mindset is the most powerful force we can use to positively change the world.

Tony Dovale

#71. Sometimes there are leftwing governments I'm very critical of. For me, being leftwing is to live in a society where there's permanent change. It also means to respect the freedom of everybody, and to not accept big organizations or rich, powerful people holding power.

Costa-Gavras

#72. There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Ama Ata Aidoo

#73. We live in an age where technology is so powerful that we can make change without even leaving our computers or cell phones.

Sadie Calvano

#74. So overall, though my life is far from perfect, I'm contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I'm grateful for the troubling emotions I experienced. The obstacles we face in life can provide powerful incentives for change.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

#75. It has been my experience that presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.

Rachel Naomi Remen

#76. Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

Nawal El Saadawi

#77. Mindsets are just beliefs. They're powerful beliefs, but they're just something in your mind, and you can change your mind.

Carol S. Dweck

#78. Somatic Exercises can change how we live our lives, how we believe that our minds and bodies interrelate, how powerful we think we are in controlling our lives, and how responsible we should be in taking care of our total being.

Thomas Hanna

#79. Film is such a powerful medium. It can really affect change; you can affect so many different people in different ways.

Morgan Spurlock

#80. Post-traumatic stress is a powerful force with the ability to change us. Even the strongest of us.

Simon Wood

#81. Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Gautama Buddha

#82. Since the caveman days, fear has been a powerful motivator that can influence our decision-making. Nowadays, however, we aren't running from wild animals, but instead are afraid of emotional trauma, change, disappointment and rejection.

Elaina Marie

#83. Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

Joyce Meyer

#84. Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.

Max McKeown

#85. We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will.

Bill McKibben

#86. I hear loads of cynics saying that I'll never be able to change anything. They say that junk food marketing and the ready availability of fast food is just too powerful. But I'd say in response, screw you. I know that most people, if they're really honest, are fed up with the same old rubbish

Jamie Oliver

#87. If I can turn the most powerful part of the world into a land of wisdom and compassion, it's going to change the rest of the world.

Chade-Meng Tan

#88. Emotions are powerful, but they also change as quick as the wind. That's why the Lord says to renew your mind. Don't base decisions on what you feel.

Francine Rivers

#89. I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

Barack Obama

#90. Love is like this amazing, all-consuming force that sneaks up on you and steals all those brain cells that make you think rationally and replaces them with emotions so powerful that you're impotent to change their course.

Melissa Foster

#91. The fork is your most powerful tool to change your health and the planet; food is the most powerful medicine to heal chronic illness.

Mark Hyman, M.D.

#92. The most powerful way to change your life is to change your mind.

John O'Donohue

#93. You know what's just as powerful as a good cup of coffee in the morning? Starting your day with some good, loving thoughts. It can change how your whole day unfolds.

Karen Salmansohn

#94. Wishes are powerful things. You can't expect them to change the world without changing you too.

Janette Rallison

#95. Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people that little else has...It is more powerful in govenments in breaking down racial barriers.

John Carlin

#96. I believe that reappropriation can be a powerful tool for creating social change. Sometimes, things like irony, satire, or humor are more effective in getting at difficult truths or concepts like white privilege, orientalism, and the exoticization of culture.

Simon S. Tam

#97. The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.

Rush Limbaugh

#98. Remember this maxim: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The way you perceive things is an extremely powerful tool that will allow you to fully bring the power of intention into your life.

Wayne Dyer

#99. Letters tell the truths a person will not speak. They contain the deepest of feelings, the wisest of stories. Letters are powerful. They contain messages of hope, love, change.

Juliet Marillier

#100. Words and magic are two powerful forces that can change the world.

Amy Neftzger