Transition Quotes

• History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Sad, Wisdom, Bad Relationship

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• Beauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other forms.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beauty, Flow, Moments

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1979). “Emerson's Literary Criticism”, p.48, U of Nebraska Press

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• It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the new site, the new boss, the new team roles, the new policy. Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with the new situation. Change is external, transition is internal

  William Bridges

  Change, Team, People

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• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.517, Best Books on

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• My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Mom, Jobs

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  Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

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• Life is one big transition.

  Willie Stargell

  Sports, Life Is, Bigs

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• I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Environmental, Energy

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• Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel the emotions of loss and rebirth. A bud gives way to a new flower, which surrenders to the fruit, which gives rise to a seed, which yields a new sprout. Even as you ride the roller coaster, embrace the centered internal reference of the ever-present witness.

  David Simon

  Flower, Loss, Yield

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• Change, even if unwelcome, forces us to reevaluate what our best options are. Those times of transitions are great opportunities to look for recurring patterns in your life and make adjustments to build on the good and reduce the bad.

  Dan Miller

  Opportunity, Looks, Patterns

  Dan Miller (2010). “48 Days to the Work You Love”, p.28, B&H Publishing Group

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• It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions.

  William Bridges

  Change

  William Bridges (2011). “Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change”, p.14, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Transitions are almost always signs of growth, but they can bring feelings of loss. To get somewhere new, we may have to leave somewhere else behind.

  Fred Rogers

  Loss, Somewhere Else, Feelings

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.106, Penguin

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• Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

  Confucius

  Life, Change, Wise

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Acceptance, Resistance, Surrender

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.72, New World Library

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• Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

  Alan Dundes

  Incorporation, Seems, Series

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• Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, College, Play

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  Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Einstein's letter to his son Eduard (February 5, 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson "Einstein: His Life and Universe" (p. 367), 2007.

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• The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition.

  Marilyn Hacker

  Vocabulary, Important, Syntax

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• Every chemical reaction has a transition state.

  Derek Barton

  Chemical Reactions, Chemicals, States

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• Probably people always feel that they are living in a time of transition, but we can hardly be mistaken perhaps in thinking that this is an era of particularly momentous change, rapid and proceeding at an ever quickening rate.

  Emily Greene Balch

  Thinking, People, Eras

  Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers

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• When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."

  William Ralph Inge

  Parent, Age, Paradise

  William Ralph Inge (1929). “Labels & Libels”

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• Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Death, Rest In Peace

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• We are the transition from one education to the other.

  Alfred Rosenberg

  "The Face Of The Third Reich". Book by Joachim Fest, chapter 13, part 3, 1970.

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• Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.

  William Throsby Bridges

  Disappointment, Moving, Signals

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• Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

  Gavin Bryars

  Instruments

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