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And changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good.

Patrick Ness, American-British novelist and children's writer

Monsters of Men

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Change isn't always for the best.

He who stops being better stops being good.

Oliver Cromwell, English military and political leader (1599–1658)

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A person can't change all at once.

Stephen King, American novelist and writer (born 1947)

The Stand

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Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.

Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)

The Handmaid’s Tale

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One may be better than his reputation or his conduct, but never better than his principles.

"Then you do not believe in progress?" "Change is not always progress, Monseigneur."

Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.

Do not preach to me of progress. Change is not desirable for its own sake, but only if it offers improvement.

Roger Zelazny, U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)

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Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.

Change is not a destination as hope is not a strategy.

Rudy Giuliani, American attorney and politician (born 1944)

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No matter what kind of promises a man who’s looking for power makes, he’s not going to turn out to be any different from the one he replaces.

Good is not always good.

I can't change what I am ovenight."
"Nor can I. And yet, one can't stop changing, either.