Quotes about Change Resistance

There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas. Votes: 1

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. Votes: 1

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance. Votes: 1

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing. Votes: 1

I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to. Votes: 1

Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates the resistance, and there is no more resistance. Votes: 1

They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped. Votes: 1

When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast. Votes: 1

The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages. Votes: 1

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. Votes: 1

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes. Votes: 1

Resistance to revelation, resistance to becoming conscious of all that dwells within us - high and low, light and dark - is the anti-change factor. It is also the mainspring of all our psychological fears. Votes: 1

There is a terrible conservatism, like a cancer, right in the heartlands of music-making, a tremendous resistance to change, an absolute horror of the idea that more people might connect with music. That infuriates me more than I can say. Votes: 1

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction. Votes: 1

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second, we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work. Votes: 1

I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level. Votes: 1

I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the ways people choose to communicate. If I had a theme song, it would be that lovely song 'I'm Old-Fashioned,' as sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Votes: 1

The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I have a small possibility to participate in the resistance. Most of the things that I do are part of a resistance, a form of solidarity work. Votes: 1

Most therapists do not appear to know how to pinpoint and reverse therapeutic resistance - to head it off at the pass. Instead, they try to persuade the patient to change, or to do the psychotherapy homework, while the patient resists and 'yes-butts' the therapist. The therapist ends up feeling frustrated and resentful, and doing all the work. Votes: 1

I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has 'I love you, Daddy' written on it. She's always made fun of me because I never changed that picture out. It's like my resistance to her getting older. It was the first thing she'd ever written to me and it means the world to me. Votes: 1

Resistance is the first step to change. Votes: 0

Resistance to change is always the biggest obstacle. Votes: 0

There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas. Votes: 0

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change. Votes: 0

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful Votes: 0

Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance. Votes: 0

Human interaction is the key force in overcoming resistance and speeding change. Votes: 0

Often, the greater our ignorance about something, the greater our resistance to change. Votes: 0

True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it. Votes: 0

there is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change. Votes: 0

Change is the law of God's mind and resistance to it is the source of all pain. Votes: 0

Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act. Votes: 0

Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words. Votes: 0

Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal. Votes: 0

When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance, not warfare, not fights. Votes: 0

This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There's only change and resistance to it and then more change. Votes: 0

They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped. Votes: 0

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change Votes: 0

Innovation often originates outside existing organizations, in part because successful organizations acquire a commitment to the status quo and a resistance to ideas that might change it Votes: 0