Henry Steele Commager Quotes

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress

I know that without change there would be no progress, but I am not going to mistake mere change for progress.

We are not starting a revolution. We are starting an evolution of change.

You have to keep evolving.

All change may not be progress, but all progress is the result of change

Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

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

The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.

Change is not always progress.

Don't be content with things as they are.

Progress knows nothing of fixity. It cannot be pressed into a definite mould…. Progress is ever renewing, ever becoming, ever changing--never is it within the law.

Change is often the agent of progress in ways we can't always readily see in the early days.

Absolutely everything undergoes evolvement - whether it's technology, journalism, the NFL, medicine.

The most important thing is not stagnating, to keep improving.

Change is REFINEMENT. Change is GROWTH. Change is MOVEMENT. Change is OPPORTUNITY.

You cannot have growth without change.

Without change, there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement

Progress does not occur without change.

Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.

Progress requires change.

I think change is always a good thing. Change keeps things moving.

For better to come, good must stand aside.

Change is one thing, progress is another.