Some of my favourite quotes on change and innovation by people far cleverer than I. You can of course download the pdf version here, or go over to my blog: http://wp.me/p37qal-pH to download the *.pptx version Alesandra Blakeston

1. It doesn’t matter where you are, you
are nowhere compared to where you
can go
Bob Proctor

2. In a world of ever-
accelerating change,
innovation is the only
insurance against
irrelevance
Peter Skarzynski,
Rowan Gibson

3. Wayne Gretzky
You miss
100 percent
of the shots
you never
take

4. A year from now you will wish
you had started today
Karen Lamb

5. Remembering you are
going to die is the best
way I know to avoid
the trap of thinking
you have something to
lose. You are already
naked. There is no
reason not to follow
your heart
Steve Jobs

6. In a chronically
leaking boat,
energy devoted to
changing vessels
is more
productive than
energy devoted to
patching leaks
Warren Buffett

7. Some men see things as they are
and say, "Why?" I dream of things
that never were and say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw

8. Man cannot
discover new
oceans unless he
has the courage
to lose sight of
the shore
André Gide

9. As soon as anyone starts
telling you to be
“realistic,” cross that
person off your
invitation list
John Eliot

10. Those who expect moments of change
to be comfortable and free of conflict
have not learned their history
Joan Wallach Scott

11. Nobody can go back and
start a new beginning, but
anyone can start today and
make a new ending
Maria Robinson

12. Time is a dressmaker specializing in
alterations
Faith Baldwin

13. If you don’t
like
something
change it;
if you can’t
change it,
change the
way you
think about
it
Mary Engelbreit

14. Continuity gives us roots; change gives us
branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach
new heights
Pauline R. Kezer

15. To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to
mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly
Henri Bergson

16. If we don't change, we
don't grow. If we don't
grow, we aren't really
living
Gail Sheehy

17. The only way to
make sense
out of change
is to plunge
into it, move
with it, and join
the dance
Alan Watts

18. One must change
one's tactics every
ten years if one
wishes to maintain
one's superiority
Napoléon Bonaparte

19. All meaningful
and lasting
change starts
first in your
imagination
and then works
its way out
Albert Einstein

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

21. The most
successful
people are
those who
are good at
plan B James Yorke

22. The only way to discover the limits of
the possible is to go beyond them
into the impossible
A. Clarke

23. Minds are
like
parachutes;
they work
best when
open
T. Dewar

24. Progress is a nice
word. But change is its
motivator. And change
has its enemies
Robert Kennedy

25. Elbert Hubbard
The greatest
mistake you
can make in
life is to be
continually
fearing you
will make one

26. Alesandra Blakeston
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