2,417 Quotes About Identity

Deep in her soul—it was the deepest thing there—lay a belief that if a certain light should dawn she could give herself completely; but this image, on the whole, was too formidable to be attractive.

So how can you say Jazz started in whorehouses when the musicianers didn't have no real need for them?

We live in a generation lost in other people’s worlds. To be yourself when the world is trying to sell you an identity, a purpose and a reason to be somewhere - holding onto yourself and your own ideas can be the greatest accomplishment.

Character makes the person, not pedigree and tradition.

When we are a spiritual student, our gender identity is omni-gender and our relationship status is omni-relationship-status.

The question of ‘who I am’ is far more compelling than the question ‘who I am not.’ For to build on the former is to resolve the question of the latter.

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who’s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don’t know where we come from … we don’t know where we are.

A self-confident person is often a good problem solver and stress manager, self-reflective and able to clearly observe, articulate, and take ownership of his faults and vulnerabilities. Because self-confident people have a wellformed sense of identity and values, they do not feel the need to disrespect other people, because they know who they are and do not feel threatened by other people or their views.

We cannot know everything. We cannot do everything. We are what we chose to have known. We are what we ended up doing. This condition is why you could look around and tell people apart. Time is ticking and we are all fugitives fleeing from random death. And we all flee differently. Thus, with the responsibility of choice, humanity is magical this way.