Quotes about Transformation
The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature. E
— Stephen Covey
It becomes obvious that if we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms. In
— Stephen Covey
"Lift off" takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.
— Stephen Covey
To change the situation, you must first change yourself. To change yourself, you must first change your perceptions.
— Stephen Covey
Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
— Stephen Covey
And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
— Stephen Covey
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory.
— Stephen Covey
Many people experience a similar fundamental shift in thinking when they face a life-threatening crisis and suddenly see their priorities in a different light, or when they suddenly step into a new role
— Stephen Covey
Only love and death will change all things.
— Khalil Gibran
Love, having become a god, becomes a demon.
— CS Lewis
Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Whenever I find a spark of that hidden fire that will sooner or later consume the old and create the new, I am drawn to it with love and hope, regarding it as a sign of my future home.
— Friedrich Schleiermacher