Quotes about Transformation
One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.
— Malala Yousafzai
Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, and Flow'rs Feed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowl, No homely morsels, and whatever thing The Scyth of Time mows down, devour unspar'd, Till I in Man residing through the Race, His thoughts, his looks, words, actions all infect, And season him thy last and sweetest prey.
— John Milton
Out of such prison, though Spirits of purest light, Purest at first, now gross by sinning grown.
— John Milton
Out of our evil seek to bring forth good
— John Milton
Rose out of Chaos:
— John Milton
Farewel happy Fields Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time. The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
— John Milton
I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am
— John Newton
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.
— John Newton
ordinary becomes extraordinary when filled with
— John Ortberg
Whatever repeatedly enters the mind occupies the mind, eventually shapes the mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
— John Ortberg
The Bible's teaching on prayer leads overwhelmingly to one conclusion: Prayer changes things.
— John Ortberg
God's purpose in guidance is not to get us to perform the right actions. His purpose is to help us become the right kind of people.
— John Ortberg