Transformation Quotes

"The greatest advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur " "Turn and face the strange." "I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman." "Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven’s claws" "It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy" "You can start where you are with what you've got and go to wherever it is you want to go" "The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life." "The world is more malleable than you think, and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape" "Every problem is an opportunity in disguise" "Growth begins where comfort ends" "The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being" "I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity" "There is an energy within… pure strength… the energy of the person which is put in different forms, in different shapes… once we discover that energy I think that such a thing as dance becomes such a delight because you’re moving on a stream that is you but it is even over and beyond you" "We can't change the world unless we change ourselves" "You don't get better by chance, you get better by change" "To have more than you've got, become more than you are" "A gem cannot be polished without friction" "I'm blowin' up like you thought I would, call the crib, same number, same hood" "Birthday's was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty" "Courage changes things for the better"