Transformative Effect Quotes

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

Changing the world is not easy, but its pursuit will change you profoundly.

My wife says that I changed people's lives or ways of thinking and that I should always be proud and grateful. If I'm dismissive of what we do sometimes, a little bit, she's like, "I was a fan, you changed my life," or whatever. That's what she says.

I just understand... I mean this may sound kind of bigheaded, bullheaded, or cumbersome, but when people say they've had a really deep experience with the record, like it caused a divorce or it like...I've gotten all these stories.

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits.

It is terrific to be involved with changing people's perceptions, and the world is changing.

People tell me that I've also changed their lives making history.

It's really special to be a part of something that's really changing lives.

Little changes and little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life.

But she had that laugh, and the sound of it was so beautiful that when you heard it, it was as if your eyes saw her through your ears and she was transformed.

Never underestimate the power of a fresh coat of white paint.

They say it can all change with one song, and in my case, that rings very true, I was shocked that it happened this quickly.

English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.

When the movie comes to an end, you are not totally the same person you are when you started the movie.

If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselves differently, it's amazing.

There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative for the average person.

Kindness can change the lives of people.

You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

The King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of his hand and a hundred musicians tear into the Handel, making a sound you've never heard before, and never will again. A sound that goes through you, through flesh and bone, and reorders the very beat of your heart.

It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.

You're not just trying to do something marginally, incrementally better. You're doing something that is a fundamental paradigm shift, that will have exponential impact. That means it's harder to do, but ultimately, if it's successful, the impact it has is far greater.

I'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Adrenaline makes me change.

We're changing little girls' lives across the world, and we didn't even know what we were doing when we started.

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.

Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.