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title: "9 Deep Change Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Deep Change quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Deep Change sayings and thoughts."
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> [One of the problems of writing and working and looking at the Internet is that it's very hard to separate fashion from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yochai-benkler/one-of-the-problems-of-writing-and-working-and-looking-at-the/)

[Yochai Benkler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yochai-benkler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/yochai-benkler-33032_change_one-of-the-problems-of-writing-and-worki_3124113.png)

> [The mind is reluctant to embrace deep change, and will play devious games to maintain the status quo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-linklater/the-mind-is-reluctant-to-embrace-deep-change-and-will-play-devious/)

[Kristin Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-linklater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/kristin-linklater-80188_change_the-mind-is-reluctant-to-embrace-deep-ch_918887.jpg)

> [“When you feel deep change in your heart, you must understand that there is a lack of an old and righteous company.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moazzam-shaikh/when-you-feel-deep-change-in-your-heart-you-must-understand-that/)

[Moazzam Shaikh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moazzam-shaikh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/moazzam-shaikh-48931_business_when-you-feel-deep-change-in-your-heart_1561326.jpg)

> [If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-ganz/if-deep-change-depended-solely-on-outside-intervention-it-would-never/)

[Marshall Ganz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-ganz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/marshall-ganz-41104_change_if-deep-change-depended-solely-on-outsid_1774707.png)

> [Images have enormous power, and images freed from deep within ourselves can change us profoundly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mccall/images-have-enormous-power-and-images-freed-from-deep-within/)

[Alice McCall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mccall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/alice-mccall-58274_enormous_images-have-enormous-power-and-images-fr_804303.jpg)

> [Collaboration is vital to sustain what we call profound or really deep change, because without it, organizations are just overwhelmed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-senge/collaboration-is-vital-to-sustain-what-we-call-profound-or-really/)

[Peter Senge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-senge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/peter-senge-3906_change_collaboration-is-vital-to-sustain-what-w_1796790.png)

> [The 'Grace of Kings' begins as a very dark, complicated world filled with injustices - among them the oppressed position of women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/the-grace-of-kings-begins-as-a-very-dark-complicated-world-filled/)

[Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/ken-liu-4222_change_the-grace-of-kings-begins-as-a-very-dark_602597.jpg)

> [When we see the need for deep change, we usually see it as something that needs to take place in someone else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-quinn/when-we-see-the-need-for-deep-change-we-usually-see-it-as-something/)

[Robert E. Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-quinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/robert-e-quinn-59124_authority_when-we-see-the-need-for-deep-change-we_1822371.jpg)

> [“Alignment within and between the systems is lost. We find ourselves working harder than ever, yet we benefit less and less from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-quinn/alignment-within-and-between-the-systems-is-lost-we-find-ourselves/)

[Robert E. Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-quinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/robert-e-quinn-59124_deep-change_alignment-within-and-between-the-systems_1179009.jpg)

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