W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

We tell prospective hires, 'If you want an environment that is never going to change, don't come here. This is not the place for you.'

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

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

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

Change is one of my favourite words.

You shouldn't fight change. You should be absolutely open to change.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

We as a nation are not allergic to change and have no desire to sanctify the status quo.

Embracing change is central to Amazon's DNA.

We have to open our minds and be ready for the changes.

You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.

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

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change

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

Leaders never outgrow the need to change.

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.

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow.'

My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through.

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

Change brings opportunity.

You can never plan the future by the past.