Prince Philip Quotes

I do think evolution is an important aspect of keeping a tradition alive. If it freezes and remains very static in its form, it dies, and so a natural evolution has to occur.

Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

Tradition, by its very nature, includes continuous change.

To this nation and to every nation there come formative periods in its life and history. New conditions can be met only by new methods. Meeting these conditions hopefully, and facing them bravely and wisely, is to be the mightiest test of American virtue and capacity. Without abandoning past limitations, traditions, and principles, by meeting present opportunities and obligations, we shall show ourselves worthy of the great trusts which civilization has imposed upon us.

I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.

Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Change is the essence of life; change is the great challenge, the great constant. Change is the ultimate teller of tales.

Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.

When you talk about change, you know what makes it really tough for people is on the one hand you've got tradition, and on the other hand you've got change; in many people's mind, change equals modernization. Tradition, however. I'm a big tradition guy.

Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself.

Change is no threat to culture.

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.

We have to learn to adapt to people and changes. Change is good.

Nobody ever wants to have change, that's for sure. But when it's good, it's really good.

Change is not threatening.

Modernity is not a problem to be overcome but a challenge to be met.

One who uses an ancient rule to govern the present does not necessarily see the changes that have taken place.

Change is not always bad. Change can be good.

Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to universal nature? Can you take your bath without the firewood undergoing a change? Can you eat without the food undergoing a change? And can anything useful be done without change? Don't you see that for you to change is just the same, and is equally necessary for universal nature?

Change is not made without inconvenience.

Change can be beautiful when we are brave enough to evolve with it, and change can be brutal when we fearfully resist.

Why resist change when it's the main source of your growth?

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.