John Dewey Quotes

Change is debilitating when it is done to us. Change is exhilarating when it is done by us.

Companies have got to learn to eat change for breakfast.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.

If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.

One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it.

Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.

Don't fear change - embrace it.

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

What does not change is the will to change

Those that recognize the inevitability of change stand to benefit the most from it.

Don't be afraid to change the model.

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

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.

An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.

You must be on top of change or change will be on top of you.

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew.

To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

Nothing stays the same, nothing remains static. Which way a thing changes depends on you.

Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because the companies that get into trouble are historically the ones that aren't able to adapt to change and respond quickly enough.

Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change?