Quotes about Self-discovery

You must know who you are and be true to who you are if you are going to be who you can and should become.

Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Never less idle than when wholly idle, nor less alone than when wholly alone.

I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it.

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.

What we think about when we are free to think about what we will — that is what we are or will soon become.

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.