Elbert Hubbard Quotes

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.

I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.

I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

You get so used to a world that you complain, but never actually want anything different. Why crave the unfamiliar?

Tradition" is very often an excuse word for people who don't want to change.

Because we've always done it that way.' During my 12-year tenure as a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, I heard those words all too often. The agency, in my experience, has an entrenched management culture resistant to change.

The hardest thing to believe when you're young is that people will fight to stay in a rut, but not to get out of one.

People will suffer almost anything, as long as it means they don't have to change.

Competence is the enemy of change!

The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different.

I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

The adherents of the old order have a powerful ally in the natural law of inertia inherent in humanity which is … a natural defense against change.

When push comes to shove, the status quo is a very powerful force.

I think that human nature is scared of change and justifies it in all sort of ways.

I don't like change that much.

People are stubborn, and sometimes even if change is good, people will always oppose change.

Any company faces big challenges during transformation. People are accustomed to going ahead on the existing track. Even when they know there are problems, the first reaction is to protect the old way.

Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living.

Those who don't want to change, let them sleep.