Quotes about Transition
Growing is a patient thing, lad," Daniel explained. "You must give all living things time to adjust to their new surroundings, their new soil, then time to grow, as well.
— Cathy Gohlke
Change seems recognizable only after it's happened, like putting one's foot down for a familiar stair—and it's not there.
— Gloria Steinem
Having lived his life in the belief that something great could be just around every corner, did he realize for the first time that no more corners could be turned?
— Gloria Steinem
Between what is and what could be?
— Gloria Steinem
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day! Every leaf speaks bliss to me, Fluttering from the autumn tree...
— Emily Bronte
Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.
— Joyce Meyer
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, but not the soul.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
It is no easy task to do away with a thing that is established. We, therefore, say that the non-beginning of a thing is supreme wisdom.
— Mahatma Gandhi
A predator on land is prey in the sea.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
For it is one thing to see the Land of Peace from a wooded ridge, and yet another to walk the road that leads to it.
— St. Augustine
In both our personal and professional lives, there are times when reality dictates that we must stand up and 'end' something. Either its time has passed, its season is over, or worse, continuing it would be destructive in some way.
— Henry Cloud
Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.
— Henry Cloud