Quotes About Transformation

She came to a little wrecked pleasure-steamer, which had become embedded in the mud several summers ago and which no one had bothered to remove. It had been a vulgar, tubby little boat when it used to steam through the water with its handful of holiday-makers, giving shrill whistles at every bend and causing a wash that disturbed the fishermen as they sat peacefully on the banks; but, now it lay sideways in the mud with its gaudy paint all bleached, it was almost beautiful.

The journey in between what you once were and who you are now beoming is where the dance of life really takes place.

The journey in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.

you can't transform the quality of your thoughts and emotions without transforming the consciousness from which they arise.

Loving herself—respecting her own needs—was something important and new.

Is it?" I asked. "The past, over and done? Is it ever?" "Ever changed? No. Ever accepted? Yes. It becomes who you are. That doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Searching for self implied either not liking who you are or wanting to escape who you've been.

Rituals help us change modes.

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

The urge to transform one's appearance, to dance outdoors, to mock the powerful and embrace perfect strangers is not easy to suppress.

Like a child joyfully waving a sparkler, the fairy godmother crisscrossed her wand, and the sturdy orange pumpkin exploded into an elegant gold coach supported by delicate wheels.

The sky sinks slowly inside the past.

Cuando tocas fondo, pierdes el miedo...y es fantástico.

As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates.

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.

By working with you, it is our intention to offer you a reminder of who you are so that you can find the greatest source for your own inspiration. If we could assign a career to each of you or give you a way of being, we would ask each of you to become an inspiration. When you are able to live in this capacity and to be truly an inspiration to all who encounter you, you will be living your light, and that is quite profound.

Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.

Even when change is welcome, adapting to it doesn't always come easily

The events we suffer through act like a polishing cloth or a chisel. It's your choice of which one, but it's one or the other.

Sometimes, the more you stir it, the worse it stinks.

When it was time for me to leave, I thanked Mrs. Odom, climbed on Lenny's bike, and set off for home. As I pedaled up the road, I turned and glanced back at the Odoms' house. I remembered that first day on the school bus when I had seen it and thought it was so sad-looking. Then I pictured all those boys in that little kitchen getting loved on by their mama and that house didn't look one bit sad anymore.

Suddenly Howard seemed different. He didn't seem so much like a nosy up-down boy, nagging me half to death about being my Backpack Buddy. He seemed more like somebody being nice to me. Somebody I had shared my troubles with.

It was odd to think that he himself had once been on the threshold of that kind of life and that he had thrown it all away, as it were, to go out to Africa and study the ways of a so-called primitive tribe. For really, when one came to consider it, what could be more primitive than the rigid ceremonial of launching a debutante on the marriage market?