Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

As I grow older, I have had to discard some ideas and policies because they no longer make sense. This strikes me as entirely healthy. I would invite others to do the same.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

People mature. They learn. They get better at things. You're different when you're 45 than when you're 25.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

I think everybody has the capacity for change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

I have matured a lot.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

People mature at different stages and I feel I'm learning a lot.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.

I became the kind of bishop in my sixties that I hated in my thirties.

I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right.

We women, we're always being invited to change our hairstyle, change our clothes, change our wardrobes. It's also important for us to remember as we age to keep changing the way we think of the world. I'm not saying to be flaky at all; but rather than being rigid about something, stay open and available.

I've found that the older I get, the more spontaneous I become.

With years, you change. You're not as hardheaded or stubborn. You are more malleable.

I'm a fast learner, and I believe in change, and I believe in growing, and I believe in moving forward and not staying in the same place.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.