Things do not change; we change.
Date of birth: 1817-07-12
Date of death: 1862-05-06
Quotes number: 234
Nationality: American
Profession: Author
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
When you are through changing, you are through.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.