Quotes about Transformation
You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.
— Erwin McManus
I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.
— Ian Paisley
We used to hate and destroy one another and refused to associate with people of another race or country. Now, because of Christ, we live together with such people and pray for our enemies.
— Justin Martyr
We who formerly hated and murdered one another now live together and share the same table. We pray for our enemies and try to win those who hate us.
— Justin Martyr
God is not just saving individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather, He is creating a people among whom He can live and who in their life together will reproduce God's life and character.
— Gordon Fee
Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together.
— Nikki Giovanni
Rejoicing and repentance must go together. Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair. Rejoicing without repentance is shallow and will only provide passing inspiration instead of deep change.
— Timothy Keller
Strange how a single conversation can change you. Or maybe it only seems that way in retrospect.
— Barack Obama
If people can learn to hate they can learn to love.
— Barack Obama
Still, in the aggregate, at least, I wanted somehow to save them—send them to school, give them a trade, drain them of the hate that had been filling their heads.
— Barack Obama
History travels not only forwards; history can travel backwards, history can travel sideways.
— Barack Obama
Ultimately it was rap that got my head in the right place, two songs especially: Jay-Z's "My 1st Song" and Eminem's "Lose Yourself.
— Barack Obama