Michael Porter Quotes

I think continuity is a good thing. But change is sometimes good, too.

The key to Zeppelin's longevity has been change.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.

To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.

It's the sustained ability to change that really counts.

I like change, and I like being in the middle of change.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

To sustain longevity, you have to evolve.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

… maintain the integrity and flexibility of our teachings

Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.

I can reinvent myself. This is why I've stayed such a long time in the business: because I always change; I'm never the same person.

Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

I most resemble Benjamin Button. I evolve. I attach myself to the heartbeat of whatever is going on at that particular time, or I just chart a new path.

No matter how successful you are, change is always good.

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.

Never, never, never think - that's one lesson you should have in life. Never think that lack of variability is stability.

The capacity to transform itself from the inside makes capitalism a somewhat peculiar beast - chameleon-like, it perpetually changes it colour; snake-like, it periodically sheds its skin.

Change is healthy and useful. It has to be fought for most of the time. It's not inevitable. It takes real leadership and real effort. But I think it's really important not to take yourself too seriously. Dwight Eisenhower used to have a rule that you should always take your job seriously but not yourself.

Don't fear change - embrace it.

You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.

But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.