Quotes about Identity
Stop living to please everyone else. God gave you a unique heart, so do what He wants you to do.
— Joyce Meyer
Do as Socrates did, never replying to the question of where he was from with, 'I am Athenian,' or 'I am from Corinth,' but always, 'I am a citizen of the world.'
— Marcus Aurelius
I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.
— Cicero
I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.
— Margaret Atwood
It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along its shores.
— Margaret Fuller
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
— Toni Morrison
What we think about when we are free to think about what we will — that is what we are or will soon become.
— AW Tozer
Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.
— Anne Lamott
Today you are you! That is truer than true!
— Dr. Seuss
If you are humble, nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know who you are.
— Mother Teresa
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
— Oprah Winfrey
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
— Mother Teresa