--- title: "9 Resistant Change Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Resistant Change quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Resistant Change sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/seth-godin-152_change_competent-people-are-the-most-resistant_1297361.png" --- > [Competent people are the most resistant to change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/competent-people-are-the-most-resistant-to-change/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/seth-godin-152_change_competent-people-are-the-most-resistant_1297361.png) > [In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. We are trapped by our own behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-argyris/in-fact-people-themselves-are-responsible-for-making-the-status-quo/) [Chris Argyris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-argyris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/chris-argyris-51472_behavior_in-fact-people-themselves-are-responsibl_1104996.png) > [It is the inner strength not to stagnate or grow resistant to change but to stay open to new possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senora-roy/it-is-the-inner-strength-not-to-stagnate-or-grow-resistant-to-change/) [Senora Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senora-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/senora-roy-422_advice_it-is-the-inner-strength-not-to-stagnate_3212064.jpg) > [People don't want to change. It's hard for people to change and it's hard for businesses to change. If I was running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-begley-jr/people-don-t-want-to-change-it-s-hard-for-people-to-change-and-it-s/) [Ed Begley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-begley-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/ed-begley-jr-13810_business_people-don-t-want-to-change-it-s-hard-fo_1692170.png) > [People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/people-have-always-been-resistant-to-change-if-you-go-back-to-the/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/moby-549_18th-century_people-have-always-been-resistant-to-cha_2753910.jpg) > [I kind of wonder if that is part of the reason so many people are resistant to change, this idea that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-kind-of-wonder-if-that-is-part-of-the-reason-so-many-people-are/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/anonymous-1_quote_i-kind-of-wonder-if-that-is-part-of-the_1155971.jpg) > [Cultures are naturally resistant to change. The same shared mental models that allow large numbers of people to work together efficiently can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-neumeier/cultures-are-naturally-resistant-to-change-the-same-shared-mental/) [Marty Neumeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-neumeier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/marty-neumeier-21400_culture_cultures-are-naturally-resistant-to-chan_385817.png) > [Because we've always done it that way.' During my 12-year tenure as a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, I heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-bongino/because-we-ve-always-done-it-that-way-during-my-12-year-tenure-as-a/) [Dan Bongino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-bongino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/dan-bongino-11899_agency_because-we-ve-always-done-it-that-way-du_792276.jpg) > [As we get older, we tend to grow quite fond of the planets of belief we have constructed for ourselves. We build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-m-carroll/as-we-get-older-we-tend-to-grow-quite-fond-of-the-planets-of-belief/) [Sean M. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-m-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/sean-m-carroll-14197_belief_as-we-get-older-we-tend-to-grow-quite-fo_441856.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/resistant-change/#itemlist", "name": "Resistant Change Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Competent people are the most resistant to change", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seth Godin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/competent-people-are-the-most-resistant-to-change/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/seth-godin-152_change_competent-people-are-the-most-resistant_1297361.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/seth-godin-152_change_competent-people-are-the-most-resistant_1297361.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/seth-godin-152_change_competent-people-are-the-most-resistant_1297361.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Competent people are the most resistant to change” — Seth Godin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. 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