Quotes about change
Quotes about change from Another Door Opens
“We fear change, or we think we fear it, so much that often we fail to see the opportunities it can bring. When we open up to embrace change, we find there is more opportunity than things to be afraid of.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens
“Without pause, we take action with no direction. Without pause, we miss opportunities in our hurried decisions. Pausing is not a luxury item, it is essential to get you more quickly to where you want to be.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Pause
“Pause is a space where we can allow sadness, excitement, fear, worry and confusion to live together for a while. Where we can feel all these things at once.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Pause
“Pausing creates nothingness, and nothingness creates silence. Silence can create space for thoughts to roam wild. The silence is where ideas come to grow.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Pause
“Change is not a straight line. It’s like a bowl of spaghetti. Unravelling, looping, tangling. Change is messy. It’s all the emotions, all at once. Tears are okay. Confusion is inevitable.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“Life is one big constant change. It’s messy, and it can be inconvenient and annoying. I’m offering you an option: to open yourself to the possibility that, whatever change you are going through, it is an opportunity, with hidden treasure awaiting.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“We might have no answers, but what we always have, no matter what is going on for us, are questions, and the ability to ask better questions leads us to unlocking opportunity.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“Things do not always have to be solved immediately. Things do not have to be fixed. Things can, and do, sit uncomfortably together. Maybe we need to resign from our role as fixer of all things in the universe.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Play
“Goodbye is also hello, and it’s now time to start exploring what you are going to be welcoming into your life.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Play
“All you can do, is give yourself the best chance possible, with everything you’ve got. All you can do is try”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Try
“You don’t need all the answers, with everything worked out, to keep moving on. All you need is to keep an open mind and set about your quest to find a purpose that fulfils your wants, honours your needs and brings the happiness you desire.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Restart
“Some doors gently blow shut; others are slammed in our face. Some are closed despite the greatest fight we’ve ever fought to keep them open, while others we close ourselves, despite the resistance.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“There are no false turns. The most popular topic of conversation in my workshops is the fear of making the wrong decision. It holds people in place, it holds people back. Yet no one else is coming along with the right decision - only you.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Restart
“Change can carry a heavy weight of judgement. And this weight can come from within, the things you think you should be doing, the thoughts of ‘What if?’ and ‘What now?’”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“The significance of the end of this chapter in your life is yours to determine. It is not for anyone else to decide what it means to you and what impact it will have on your future.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“You will have good days, bad days, extraordinary days, ugly days. By leaning into mess, we know that it is there, in whichever way it shows up, to help us, to guide us, to give us clues as to what to do next.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“Change highlights what is most important to us, our priorities and the things we should no longer ignore, avoid or dodge.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Restart
“Ridiculous ideas change the world, and they can change your world too. Being ridiculous is scary. It feels vulnerable. What if people laugh at you? What if you fail? What if it doesn’t work out? But what if it does?”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Play
“It’s okay not to know what you want, it’s okay to question what you have wanted, and what you want now.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Mess
“Recognising the impermanence of the moment can help us endure it with patience and resilience. It doesn’t minimise the reality of the challenge, but it does give perspective. Knowing that no storm lasts forever encourages us to keep moving forward, even if it’s just one small step at a time.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Restart
“Play helps you explore ideas without the pressure of knowing everything. It will bring you fresh ideas, light relief, and moments of revelation.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Play
“Some doors gently blow shut; others are slammed in our face. Some are closed despite the greatest fight we’ve ever fought to keep them open, while others we close ourselves, despite the resistance.”
- Eleanor Tweddell, Another Door Opens, Restart
Curated in Another Door Opens — voices from across literature, psychology and philosophy
“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.”
- Robin Sharma
“You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.”
- Denis Waitley
“Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyway.”
-Glennon Doyle
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
-Jon Kabat-Zinn
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
-Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“Becoming is better than being. The fixed mindset makes you concerned with how you’ll be judged; the growth mindset makes you concerned with improving.”
- Dr Carol Dweck
“Thinking for yourself is still a radical act.”
-Nancy Kline
“Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both.”
-Kristin Kreuk
“Realise deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
-Eckhart Tolle
“She remembered who she was, and the game changed.”
-Lalah Delia
“Radical serendipities don’t happen when you are head down, rushing to a predetermined destination. The opportunities might be there, but chances are you won’t see or notice them.”
-Robert Poynton
“It’s a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.”
-Pema Chödrön
“They say time changes things, but you actually have to change things yourself.”
-Andy Warhol
“Women are expected to transition with ease, to breeze into a completely new self, a new role, at one of the most perilous and sensitive times in the life course.”
Lucy Jones
“Adulthood can turn play into a dirty word. Play is powerful. When you embrace it, you unlock creativity, deepen connections and make things fun.”
-Gary Ware
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
-Walt Disney
“Passion is a moving target. Instead of chasing it, follow your curiosity and let it evolve naturally.”
-Elizabeth Gilbert
“Be wild, disobedient and daring with your creativity, take risks instead of following predictable routes; those who play it safe do not advance our culture or civilisation.”
-Bernardine Evaristo
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
-Viktor Frankl
“Purpose is less about what I do, it’s about becoming more of who I am.”
-Jessica Huie