Agnes Repplier Quotes

Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.

New things are always ugly.

Change is the healthiest way to survive.

Don't be afraid to change the model.

In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made nervous by the new - to want what we can never have, to want things not to be rearranged. It would be better to be able to take the leap, which is to be able not only to live with change and newness, but even to help make it.

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

Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you've always done things.

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

Some things are going to work, some aren't. But there's always something new going on, so it's fun to watch and see what's coming next.

All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask...: What can I do that is different?

We must change to master change.

A rolling stone gathers no moss and therefore will not be derided as a moss-back. Roll as much as possible.

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.

Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future.

This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances.

Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.

Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

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

You can never plan the future by the past.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

Change is one of my favourite words.