110 Evolve Quotes to Motivate You Towards Growth and Change

By Stephanie Kirby | Published April 27, 2023

Life is much better when you consider growth and change, as these evolve quotes show.

One thing that is certain in life is that everything will evolve.

To evolve is to change and we are constantly changing as well as the things around us.

There can be comfort, or there can be fear in that knowledge.

The good thing is that bad things or times will not last forever, just as good things will not.

That realization should keep you constantly striving to grow.

If you choose to try and stay stagnant, things around you will still grow and you will be left behind.

As you take the time to read through the following evolve quotes, please think about how they apply to you.

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Evolve quotes to inspire growth and change

1. “Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving, refining, improving, adapting, enhancing…changing. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant.” ― Steve Maraboli

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2. “We are constantly evolving as we are interacting with the world. Mindfulness and growth mindset drives our evolution faster and on right tracks.” ― Amit Ray

3. “Life is the proving ground of an evolving soul.” ― Will Craig

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4. “There isn’t anything that should ever be considered permanent, as everything is evolving or changing in some way.” ― Steven Redhead

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5. “Evolve with every experience.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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6. “Nothing exists without a purpose. Every experience you have in this lifetime was written for you to grow into the light you were meant to become.” ― Suzy Kassem

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7. “Relationships don’t remain constant, but are in a constant state of evolving, either positively or negatively.” ― Steven Redhead

8. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” – Helen Keller

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9. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

10. “Don’t live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.” ― Germany Kent

11. “My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.” – Jesse J

12. “You are an endless project… changing, evolving, surprising.” – James Patterson

13. “You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.” ― Mandy Hale

14. “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

15. “As an artist, you have a path that you’re on that evolves with the kinds of stories you want to tell.” – Daniel Radcliffe

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16. “It’s Hard To Beat Somebody That Doesn’t Quit. Don’t Quit. Evolve.” ― Wesam Fawzi

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17. “You can’t reach your potential by remaining in a past due season. Your breakthrough is coming. Strongholds are breaking. Get Ready!” ― Germany Kent

18. “We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea.” – C. JoyBell C.

Insightful evolve quotes

19. “Are we as a species evolving toward the best in ourselves or the worst? Let’s not lose sight of who we are and who we wish to be.” ― Laurence Overmire

20. “Humanity is evolving in the direction of not doing what it does.” ― Anatoly Agulyansky

21. “A mistake is an experience, choice or concept it is necessary for us to have or make in order to evolve beyond it. Errors can be the launchpad of great ideas.” ― Stewart Stafford

22. “The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.” – Oprah Winfrey

23. “Evolving increases our value, and when we know our value, we navigate toward those with whom we share a genuine interest and appreciation. The rest, in my estimation, is bondage.” ― Kyrian Lyndon

24. “For the world, I am fading but I know I am evolving into someone I’ve always wanted to be.” ― Nitya Prakash

Evolve quotes on how to grow

25. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett

26. “Personal development and spiritual growth happens when you begin to laugh at yourself, accept your mistakes and embrace your flaws.” ― Germany Kent

27. “Part of evolving and becoming who we’re meant to be – whoever that is – requires respecting our inner selves so that we may be centered. Only then can we truly be happy.” ― Martika Shanel

28. “Imperfection is the best gift we got as a human, this is how you evolve, some fails and some succeeds, but we do evolve” ― Kumar Pranay

29. “Some think to evolve; many believe to fear.” ― Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

30. “Changing a Habit is Never Difficult. Difficult is to Address Your Unwillingness to do it” ― Vineet Raj Kapoor

31. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

32. “The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance.” – Peter Drucker

33. “Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.” – Seth Godin

34. “As your life evolves, so should your circle.” ― Izey Victoria Odiase

35. “Progress occurs where truths are questioned.” ― Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

36. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama

More evolve quotes

37. “The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world. We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.” ― Maria Montessori

38. “It seems as though our ability to change technology happens so quickly, and our ability to evolve as creatures is still very slow.” – Church Klosterman

39. “At some point in your life, if you’re lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.” – Daniel Day-Lewis

40. “Humanity evolves because of those who are unafraid to chart their own course.” ― Dipa Sanatani

41. “Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.” – David Bowie

42. “In the offseason, you should be working, reading, developing, growing, evolving, and becoming your best self. ” ― Germany Kent

43. “I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow.” – Laurence Overmire

44. “I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.” – Matthew McConaughey

45. “Evolve, experiment.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

46. “The moment of change is the only problem.” – Adrienne Rich

47. “I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let… lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.” – Chuck Palahniuk

48. “Evolving is not arrogance. It is confidence that won’t be pulled backwards, by those that feel left behind.” ― Shannon L. Alder

49. “Ethics evolve naturally, and we trample upon them with laws created by reason and experience.” – Winston Churchill

50. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson

Evolve quotes for when you’re seeking to change

51. “It’s never too late to change what you are, it took me a long time to figure that out.” ― Erin Morgenstern

52. “Your evolve happens at the rate and quality of your involve.” ― Felicia Miracle Hankins

53. “Sometimes you watch a view for a long time and the view watches you too! And then things evolve into what is seen, you become the view because your mind has gone there, and the view becomes you because its mind has also come to you!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

54. “Unconditional love has the power to change and evolve human life.” ― Purvi Raniga

55. “Only when we accept that there is always someone who can do what we are doing, we will learn to evolve.” ― Pooja Agnihotri

56. “A sense of sacrifice is a must for someone who aspires to spiritually evolve.” ― Hingori S

57. “Here’s the new reality: evolve or become irrelevant. Innovate or die.” ― Lebo Grand

58. “Endure to evolve.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

59. “If you love them, give them space to grow. And yourself the strength to accept that they might evolve and change.” ― Nitya Prakash

60. “You will grow and evolve because of your willingness to fail, to suck, to navigate murky waters, and to trust regardless of what happens.” ― Peta Kelly

More evolve quotes to help you progress in life

61. “Happy are those who evolve from within.” ― Amit Abraham

62. “Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving.” ― Angela Ahrendts

63. “To sustain longevity, you have to evolve.” ― Aries Spears

64. “Unless you continually work, evolve, and innovate, you’ll learn a quick and painful lesson from someone who has.” ― Cael Sanderson

65. “But you know you haven’t done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.”
― Conrad Hall

66. “It’s evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.” ― Craig Charles

67. “Evolve solutions; when you find a good one, don’t stop.” ― David Eagleman

68. “I’m trying to consciously evolve myself. I have no delusions of grandeur.” ― El-P

69. Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.” ― Erykah Badu

70. “The world is not a static place. People change, evolve.” ― Mahesh Bhatt

Evolve Quotes That Bring Change

71. “The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.” — Mark Galli

72. “We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.” — T. D. Jakes

73. “I’m not getting old, I’m evolving.” — Keith Richards

74. “The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.” — E. O. Wilson

75. “Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.” — Charles Darwin

76. “Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.” — George Orwell

77. “Be the change you want to see.” — Mahatma Gandhi

78. “You can’t just stick with what you know, you have to evolve.” — Vilmos Zsigmond

79. “Like butterflies, we evolve; but as Beings of Light we continuously evolve when we are fully present.” — Michelle Cruz

80. “Let anxious anticipation evolve into effective preparation.” — Quentin Smith

Growing and evolving quotes

81. “Explore, experience, evolve, and exceed your expectations! – No Excuses!”― Lorii Myers

82. “Change takes time, forethought and knowledge, as well as an envisioned goal.”― Obiora Embry

83. “Try evolving as much as you cry.”― Darnell Lamont Walker

84. “You are moving forward one way or another.”― Bryant McGill

85. “If you’re not changing, evolving with the times, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re stagnant, dying, already dead, or just a rock in someone’s shoe.”― Ray Palla

86. “Never seek to please anyone. Seek to evolve thyself.”― Lailah Gifty Akita

87. “You don’t evolve with fake friends or people that are not on your level. It’s much better to stay alone, then you can evolve.”― Cristi Cris

88. “What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”― Jeff Bezos

89. “Evolving and bettering yourself is wonderful, but not if the set of standards and values you adopt smothers you into oblivion in the process.”― Bryant McGill

90. “Evolution is constant. Evolving better is an individual’s conscience.”― Pradeepa Pandiyan

Evolve Quotes To Stay Advanced

91. “I enjoy directing. I don’t know whether it’s improving or not, but it’s certainly evolving in different directions.” — George Clooney

92. “Your personal style should evolve with age. To say you want the same style at 25 as at 45 is a mistake.” — Stacy London

93. “You have to evolve as an artist, and this is really a lifelong process.” — Mary Beth McKenzie

94. “I’m always trying to evolve and I’m always trying to learn new things. The mind is the most powerful weapon you have.” — Myles Jury

95. “Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.” — Georges St-Pierre

96. “A personal website is vital, but it needs to change and evolve.” — Cory Trepanier

97. All natural capacities of a creature are destined to evolve completely to their natural end.” — Immanuel Kant

98. “Kids are constantly evolving, learning, and growing. They aren’t who they were yesterday.” — Rachel Vail

99. “Always, in your career and personal life, be evolving with technology.” — Pete Cashmore

100. “You have to be involved to evolve.” — Glen Plake

Evolve Quotes to Embrace Change

101. “We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.” ― Baldwin Spencer

102. “If history tells us anything, it is that human culture and knowledge are constantly evolving.” ― James Redfield

103. “Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.” ― Jessica Alba

104. “I love everything about fashion. I even love the fittings and watching it evolve from a pattern to a muslin to the final product.” ― Linda Evangelista

105. “To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life.” ― Duane Elgin

106. “I think there comes a time in any comedian’s career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.” ― Ted Alexandro

107. “Beauty type or hair styles constantly evolve through time. Hence, a woman shouldn’t be reduced to the current trends.” ― Maria Borges

108. “I think once you’ve allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.” ― Nathalie Emmanuel

109. “Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.” ― Randeep Hooda

110. The mind is the cutting edge of the evolving event system.” ― Terence McKenna

What did you learn from these evolve quotes?

Now that you have finished reading these quotes about evolving I hope they have inspired you to make some changes or continue changing yourself.

Think of evolving as a challenge.

If we were born with all of our knowledge, personality, interests, and skills, then what would be the fun of learning new things and experiencing the unexpected?

Learn to love the evolution of yourself as a person throughout the seasons of life that you may experience.