Quotes About Transformation

I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.

Mandela did go to prison, and he went in there as a burning revolutionary. But look what came out. Mandela let us down.

Going to prison actually helped save my life, I believe.

Prison, I don't want to go back there again.

I got my GED in prison.

When I went through what I was going through in prison, one of the things that was very distracting was the issue that it's a very dangerous environment. Moving through that process, I had to develop such an intense focus that I had to change my character and be someone else.

From age 16 to 26, I literally became a man in prison so it was influential in shaping me.

After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist - if by prisons we mean places that could be experienced by the men and women in them at all as every place that goes by that name now is bound to be experienced.

I guess I'm dedicated to breaking every inherited mould I can in my private life.

I was such a private person before I started 'The Talk.' I don't know what happened! It almost feels like I've started a second life. In my previous lifetime, I didn't talk about stuff. Now I'll discuss anything. It's crazy!

You look at what happened with Chrysler, it went through that bankruptcy, and it's re-emerged in a much different fashion, privately held in some of those things, and it's really putting out a great product.

For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.

I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle. They cannot dwindle fast enough.

Men are not born saints with special gifts and privileges. They fight against the world, the flesh and the devil, and as they conquer, the spirit of Jesus begins to shine through with more clarity.

I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.

My goal isn't just to make wrestling into a bigger show and make good money, but it's also to evolve pro wrestling to where I think it belongs.

All Elite Wrestling completely changes the entire landscape of pro wrestling.

I didn't start out planning to be Mr. Olympia I just wanted to be the best that I could be, but my goals changed as I went along. I wanted to be the British champion, and then I wanted to be a pro, then Mr. Olympia.

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.

For me, changing my physical appearance for a character is never a problem. If I have to look a certain way for a role, I just do it.

We need a new and positive narrative that defies the negativity and transforms our ageing populations from a problem into an asset.

I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous.

Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.

We come to church not to hide our problems but to heal them.