2,417 Quotes About Identity

She would have to learn the lesson every day: that, sometimes, all that will define a person — instill within them dignity and purpose — all the human answers, are frozen in a few moments, a few days, and all the days to come are just a looking back.

I believe in you my friend, so much so, that if any of my ideas make you feel belittled in any manner, I want you to rise against me and throw my work into the fire. Any notion, any book, any institution that weakens the self instead of strengthening it, must be discarded at ones.

You don’t need to see yourself through the delusional eyes of the society. It’s the society that needs to see you, through your eyes.

It is only when you are confident about your own self, that the society begins to hail you the way you want.

Once your character is poured with vigor and your attitude radiates confidence, there is no power in any external force to have any form of authority over you.

Be yourself. Don't worry about what other people are thinking of you, because they're probably feeling the same kind of scared, horrible feelings that everyone does.

Who you are is too vast to be captured by the reflection of a mirror, classified by the state of your attitude, or categorized by the opinions of others. Therefore, if any of these are defining you, you have yet to be defined.

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was--not what anyone else told her to be.