I use these quotes during change management discussions to help focus attention on different facets

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Overview:
Quotes can be used in a variety of ways in training. Below we have detailed a few examples of how we utilise the Quotes on
Change in our workshops.
To summarise key points.
 Distribute quotes to delegates randomly and ask each person to relate the quote back to a content or learning aspect. This
works well at the end of a busy morning or afternoon session.
 Ask delegates to select a quote and to illustrate this effectively creating a summary poster
As a source of reflection.
Quotes can be used to assist delegates in reflecting on their own approaches and attitudes towards change. Do they agree or
disagree with the views? What insights are revealed through this? Does the quote suggest actions or next steps?
To change tone or mood of a session.
Humorous or funny quotes can lift the tone of a workshop. Controversial quotes can be used to spark “snap” debates.
We are sure you will think of many other ideas.
If you require further advice or support on using this resource or to enquire about our services, please contact us via email
(info@highertraining.co.uk) or phone ( 07732 952059).

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Resolve to be a
master of change
rather than a victim
of change.
Brian Tracy
Tears will get you
sympathy; sweat
will get you change.
Jesse Jackson
Know what's weird? Day
by day, nothing seems to
change, but pretty
soon...everything's
different.
Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
Although your company is
highly profitable, I
wouldn't be much of a
consultant if I didn't
recommend changes.
Dogbert from Dilbert written by Scott Adams

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Be the change you
want to see in the
world.
Mahatma Gandhi
They say that time
changes things, but you
actually have to change
them yourself.
Andy Warhol
Things do not
change; we change.
Henry David Thoreau
You can learn from people,
and educate others, but
the only one you can
change is yourself.
Dan D. Limon

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All change is a miracle to
contemplate; but it is a
miracle which is taking
place every instant.
Henry David Thoreau
Change has considerable
psychological impact on the human
mind. To the fearful, change is
threatening because it means that
things may get worse To the hopeful,
change is encouraging because
things may get better. To confident,
change is inspiring because the
challenge exists to make thing better.
King Whitney, Jr.
To keep our faces toward
change, and behave like
free spirits in the presence
of fate, is strength
undefeatable.
Helen Keller
When his wife asked him to
change clothes to meet the
German Ambassador: they
want to see me, here I am.
If they want to see my
clothes, open my closet and
show them my suits.
Albert Einstein

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A small group of
thoughtful people could
change the world. Indeed,
it's the only thing that
ever has.
Margaret Mead
Change. It has the power to
uplift, to heal, to stimulate,
surprise, open new doors,
bring fresh experience and
create excitement in life.
Certainly it is worth the risk.
Leo Buscaglia
Change means movement.
Movement means friction. Only
in the frictionless vacuum of a
nonexistent abstract world can
movement or change occur
without that abrasive friction of
conflict.
Saul Alinsky
Progress is a nice word.
But change is its
motivator. And change
has its enemies.
Robert F. Kennedy

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It is not necessary
to change. Survival
is not mandatory
W. Edwards Deming
If nothing ever
changed, there'd be
no butterflies.
Unknown

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Do not give any time to
your past, you can't
change what happened 5
minutes ago.
Jan Ruhe
You have to endure
what you can't
change.
Marie de France
A woman may be able to
change the world, but
she will never be able to
change a man.
Amy Snowden
I used to say, 'I sure hope
things will change.' Then I
learned that the only way
things are going to change
for me is when I change.
Rohn

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Consider how hard it is
to change yourself and
you'll understand what
little chance you have in
trying to change others.
Jacob M. Braude
Change is inevitable
- except from a
vending machine.
Robert C. Gallagher
If you don't like something
change it; if you can't
change it, change the way
you think about it.
Mary Engelbreit
Progress is impossible
without change, and those
who cannot change their
minds cannot change
anything.
George Bernard Shaw