I recently started rewatching Naruto and there's one opening song by Little by Little with the lyrics:
悲しみをやさしさに
自分らしさを力に
It is supposed to mean something like "turning sadness into kindness, your uniqueness (?) into strength". But I just wonder if that still makes sense when separated from the rest of the song. I mean, there's no verb (like turn). Would it be okay to say it as a quotation without the context that the rest of the song carries?