Quotes About Transformation

Waiting upon the Lord disarms the flesh. It allows you time to forget about yourself and see Jesus. It dismantles the powers of sin. It gives you Holy Spirit strength in your inner man, and the flesh begins to lose its grip on your life.

Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

A name is so important in biblical settings that Scripture frequently mentions God Himself changing someone's name to reflect a new reality. Abram, which means 'exalted father,' was changed to Abraham, meaning 'father of a multitude.'

When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Obviously, there are moments that you look back at and cringe - things in the past involving violence or disrespect to women or disrespect to other people that are so far away from what I want to put out there now. But it's actually a privilege to be able to change and be making records that reflect that change.

It's good to unpeel layers of yourself, and we're unpeeling layers of the group. We are growing and evolving. It'll reflect in the music.

I've had time to reflect on what happened to me. Am I the same person I was before Ebola? In a lot of ways, yes. I don't live every moment with a conscious awareness of what I've been through.

I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important.

We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.

Change comes from reflection.

The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.

I feel like I've lived two or three completely different lives. At 33, I'm quite reflective and have the perspective you get in your old age when you have been through the losses of life.

Reform is China's second revolution.

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

To innovate is not to reform.

Reform, that we may preserve.

I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.

The Democratic Party is not the party of reform.

We have no choice but to reform this country.

Reform is not a period of retreat.

Reform is not a one-night stand.