Pace Of Change Quotes

• A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

  James Levine

  Change, People, Pace

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• When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.113, Beacon Press

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• The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities.

  Steve Case

  Opportunity, Pace, Disruption

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• We know that leadership is very much related to change. As the pace of change accelerates, there is naturally a greater need for effective leadership.

  John P. Kotter

  Leadership, Needs, Pace

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• The pace of change is so great, there is always something else going on. What that says to me is that you have to have strategic vision and peripheral vision. Strategic vision is the ability to look ahead and peripheral vision is the ability to look around, and both are important.

  Carly Fiorina

  Vision, Important, Looks

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• Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Patience

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1883). “Emerson's complete works [ed. by J.E. Cabot]. Riverside ed”

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• We are living through the most profound changes in the economy since the Industrial Revolution. Technology, globalization, and the accelerating pace of change have yielded chaotic markets, fierce competition, and unpredictable staff requirements.

  Bruce Tulgan

  Technology, Profound, Competition

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• The pace of change means that relationship is more important than ever before.

  Dave McLaughlin

  Mean, Marketing, Important

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• The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Change, Life Changing, Pace

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1965). “Congressmen's Primer for Socialism”

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• In my talks in organizations around the world I ask, "What kind of leadership do we need now?" The most common responses are "adaptable," "flexible," and "innovative." This isn't surprising, in light of how fast and overwhelming is the pace of change in our world.

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Our World, Light, Organization

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

  Michael Porter

  Technology, Principles, Pace

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• I think it's important to America's future and to the future of the American dream and our people and the unity and purpose and cohesion of our society that everybody feel like the pace of change isn't just dizzying, but it can work for them and not against them.

  Ashton Carter

  Dream, Thinking, America

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• of course the pace of change never slows, even when we've convinced ourselves it will.

  Arthur Golden

  Pace, Courses, Convinced

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• The whole system is under tremendous strain. Although the increasing pace of change is essential for developing new solutions, it is also pushing society to its limits. In global structures, it all comes to a head in the form of sudden crises. This leads to tipping point situations in which the seemingly impossible becomes possible.

  Franz Josef Radermacher

  Humanity, Essentials, Impossible Becomes Possible

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• Our world is defined by the pace of change. We can all change the world.

  Edi Rama

  Our World, Pace, Changing The World

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• I have in the past tended to overestimate the amount of change I can affect in the short run and then not fully appreciate the change I can affect in the long run. And so I've learned that it's critical to think carefully about the pace of change, and it's something that I've learned the hard way.

  Harry West

  Running, Past, Thinking

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Not all Americans are living the American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it. There are impoverished Americans, the poor and the homeless, the hungry and the hopeless, many unable to read and write. There are Americans gone astray, the kids dragged down by drugs, the shattered families, the teenage mothers struggling to cope. Then there are Americans uneasy, troubled and bewildered by the dizzying pace of change.

  George H. W. Bush

  Dream, Mother, Teenage

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• The pace of change for entrepreneurs is rapidly accelerating, and the cost and risk of launching a new business and getting off the ground is just amazing. The ability to gain user feedback really quickly and adapt to what your consumers want is totally different with the web as it is now. But finding a new market, helping people and taking that original idea and turning it into a business is really exciting right now.

  Matt Mickiewicz

  Ideas, People, Entrepreneur

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• Apart from the seemingly magical Internet, life in broad material terms isn't so different from what it was in 1953... The wonders portrayed in 'The Jetsons,' the space-age television cartoon from the 1960s, have not come to pass... Life is better and we have more stuff, but the pace of change has slowed down.

  Tyler Cowen

  Technology, Space, Age

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• I've met dedicated people from all sectors of society who are committed to giving children the tools they need for a better future. I'm always impressed by the passionate young leaders I meet. As the pace of change accelerates, so do the challenges we face. However, the chances to solve them increase too.

  Shakira

  Children, Giving, People

  Source: www.americasquarterly.org

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• Technology and the pace of change in media is pushing us into an uncomfortable area The media have perhaps become more cavalier towards pushing confidential information.

  Jim Michaels

  Technology, Media, Information

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• At the current pace of change, we won't have universal access to education in 100 years, let alone five, and that is unacceptable.

  Shakira

  Years, Pace, Currents

  Source: www.americasquarterly.org

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• I am very pleased with the progress of the new CBS Corporation. The Company's rapid pace of change and innovative approach to emerging business opportunities can be seen in the many strategic announcements we have made over these past few months. The more focused and more nimble organization we sought to create has become a reality and that aggressive spirit of excellence and innovation will continue to benefit shareholders for many years to come.

  Sumner Redstone

  Past, Opportunity, Reality

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• I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.

  Al Gore

  Believe, Moving, Political

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• New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.

  Fred Upton

  Past, Discovery, Years

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