Transformation Quotes

"The collective psyche denies the present ego and, directly through this denial, creates anew. The floundering ego-particle, inundated with new, more richly adorned images, begins to re-emerge. We see this most beautifully in artistic productions."

- Sabina Spielrein

"The phoenix must burn to emerge."

- Janet Fitch

"What if infertility isn’t a war but an awakening? What if it’s not about death but about a renaissance?"

- Rekha Ramcharan

"There is something radical and beautiful and deeply transformational in bearing witness to public accountability, accountability before a community gathered for the sake of wholeness."

- Patrisse Khan-Cullors

"One spared life might be worth more to the other side than all the blood that stained Red’s hands today. A fugitive becomes a queen or a scientist, or, worse, a poet."

- Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladwell

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again."

- Sylvia Plath

"If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person."

- Seneca

"You do not just wake up and become the butterfly. Growth is a process."

- Rupi Kaur

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly."

- Buckminster R. Fuller

"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly."

- Richard Bach

"How does one become a butterfly? You have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."

- Trina Paulus

"The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on."

- Guillermo del Toro

"Adding wings to caterpillars does not create butterflies, it creates awkward and dysfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are created through transformation."

- Stephanie Marshall

"Children are caterpillars and adults are butterflies. No butterfly ever remembers what it felt like being a caterpillar."

- Cornelia Funke

"When a caterpillar bursts from its cocoon and discovers it has wings, it does not sit idly, hoping to one day turn back. It flies."

- Kelseyleigh Reber

"Just when the caterpillar thought “I am incapable of moving,” it became a butterfly."

- Annette Thomas

"You're a little caterpillar inside your cocoon. Break out and fly!"

- Jonathan Nettles

"When a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it takes all of its experiences and everything that lives inside itself and transforms into a beautiful creature. What people don’t always notice is the metamorphosis - the isolation, the discomfort, even the pain."

- Terryca Taylor

"Learn to appreciate the caterpillar and the whole process of metamorphosis! The beauty and lightness of the butterfly only exist after going through these phases."

- Karina Fonseca Azevedo

"Caterpillar becomes a pupa, meditates and becomes a colorful butterfly!"

- Ankala Subbarao

"Rebirth and transformation are the gifts of the phoenix."

"Birds are born twice: once from the egg, and again when they learn to fly."

- Unknown

"The willingness to be a fool is the precursor to transformation"

"Turning 40 is a milestone that proves that the best stories are those that evolve with time."

"Turn the ordinary weekend into an extraordinary journey."

"Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she began to fly."

"A butterfly always reminds us that there is always beauty at the end of all the pain."

"Break free of your cocoon and give yourself the freedom to fly."

"How will you know you can fly if you never spread your wings?"

"The butterfly can only become beautiful if the caterpillar stays brave."