Best Quotes About Change to Help You Get Through Life's Difficult Seasons

Whether you're grieving the loss of a loved one or are adjusting to moving to a new place, life is full of uncertainty. Navigating previously unexplored terrain is difficult, exhausting, and even scary.

That's why we've rounded up the best quotes about change and growth right here. We're hoping that each and every one of the sayings we've compiled will bring you some peace, clarity, and much-needed assurance. After all, sometimes an inspirational quote (such as C.S. Lewis' “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind") is all we need to hear in order to better appreciate our current situation. As Steve Maraboli put it, "The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward." Or, for a more straightforward perspective, take William Arthur Ward's wise words into consideration: "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

As you read through each of these hopeful, happy quotes, we hope you feel more equipped to adjust your own sails and handle whatever curveballs life may throw at you.

1. "True life is lived when tiny changes occur."

- Leo Tolstoy -

2. "A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will."

- Spanish Proverb -

3. "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

- Steve Jobs -

4. "Moving doesn't change who you are. It only changes the view outside your window."

- Rachel Hollis -

5. "You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy."

- C. JoyBell C. -

6. "Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

- Mahatma Gandhi -

7. "The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward."

- Steve Maraboli -

8. "If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down."

- Roy T. Bennett -

9. "If you can't change it, change your attitude."

- Maya Angelou -

10. "Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."

- Wayne W. Dyer -

11. “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”

- Mandy Hale -

12. "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

- George Bernard Shaw -

13. “All things are difficult before they are easy.”

- Thomas Fuller -

14. “Good things take time.”

- John Wooden -

15. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”

- John Maxwell -

16. “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

- C.S. Lewis -

17. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.”

- Hermann Hesse -

18. “Growth and comfort do not coexist.”

- Ginni Rometty -

19. “Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.”

- Raymond Lindquist -

20. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

- William Arthur Ward -