to become Quotes

“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.”

“Good is the enemy of great. Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.”

“What you are, I once was. What I am, you will become.”

“Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions”

“A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.”

“This slight tale’s opening, in particular, may confuse little ones--why does Timothy change, and exactly who or what does he become?”

“The way I write is who I am, or have become.”

“To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.”

″‘What do I need to do to become the me I want to be?’ ‘You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.‘”

“It’s easy to become anything you wish, so long as you’re willing to forfeit your soul.”

“Anastasia went home. She wanted to tell her parents about her decision to become a Catholic, but she knew that she had to tell them at the right moment, in the right way, because if would be something of a surprise. They might even be a little upset, she suspected, that she was changing her name.”

“They say Im to little to play. Become good player any way!”

“Why, a stag is called a brocket until he is three years old, at four years he is a staggart; at five years a warrantable stag; and after five years he becomes a hart royal.”

“He is mad, inhuman…the man’s become inhuman, I tell you.”

“A constitution is not aspirational. It’s not what you want or hope or strive to be “one day.” It’s who you are committed to being. In every moment.”

“The power shall become what we make it to be.”

“His family combed and brushed him lovingly, and he became once again a white dog with black spots.”

“To begin with, all the creatures were pretty much alike- very different from what they are now. They had no idea what they were going to become.”

“He grows from colt to a magnificent stallion, using the mountains to look after his herd and to escape from man.”

Caesar obtained empire by liberality, and many others have reached the highest positions by having been liberal, and by being considered so, I answer: Either you are a prince in fact, or in a way to become one.

“I says to myself, there ain’t no telling but I might come to be a murderer myself yet, and then how would I like it?”