Self Identity Quotes

Self Identity Quote of the day

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.

Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.

We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression.

Who you are depends on who you meet.

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.

The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

We must not be anything other than what we are.

Be sure that whatever you are is you.

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

People fear their hidden selves, afraid that they will burst out.

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.

I feel I've always been writing about self-identity. How do we become who we are? So I'm just writing from experience what's concerned me.

I'm not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I've gotten from books.

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

Society imposes an identity on you because of the way you look. Your struggle as a self has to do with an identity being imposed on you that you know is not your identity.

I lost my public self, or had it stolen. In a way, it was a form of identity theft.

The slavery of identity comes from our refusal to face ourselves. So we must begin the exploration to self-awareness. Where do we start?

My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.

The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well.

To say a thing simply: I am my history, but the story of my life is always guarded, self-conscious. It is finally the only story we give to someone we love.

Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.

'And how, who am I? I will remember, if I can! I'm determined to do it!' But being determined didn't help much.

One is what one remembers: no more, no less.

Selfless giving changes our concept of our identity. When we give to others our unselfishness removes the spot of "self" that stained our awareness.

To realise one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for.

Mirror mirror on the wall, show the real me or naught at all.

When I use a word, ' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.

Though we rush ahead to save our time, we are only what we feel

It’s time to accept that I am average, and to stop making this acceptance of my averageness into a bereavement.

When I said, “I am my mother, but I’m not, ” I was saying my path would be my own.

I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.

To know our refuse is to know ourselves. We mark our own trail from past to present with what we've used and consumed, fondled, rejected, outgrown.

After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simply are. There is no way to know why.

Be what you are not. The true self is no one.

Whatever we may be or seem to others, to ourselves we are always just ourselves

It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves.

This constant mental diatribe and the frustrations, worries, insecurities and muscular tension that ensues are the self.

That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self.

We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that.

The happy life is impossible without finding an answer to the question “why am I here? What am doing here?

It was as if my sould had left my body, floated up to the ceiling, and was watching me destroy my own career with one deliberately assaultive punch. (Dark City Lights)

If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.

Identify your life mission and gift