2,417 Quotes About Identity

I was so angry that something that framed itself as comforting and inclusive [church/Christianity] felt like a dagger in the heart. The more I leaned into my true identity, the more distant I felt from religion. It just didn’t align with who I wanted to become.

No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity.- Through the Gates of the Silver Key

She has a sort of old-fashioned character that's passing away — a vivid identity.

Once we let go of our low self-esteem identity, the mind will have to start all over again, collecting new information about us and building a new identity.

I have to find this last bit of mortar to secure the mosaic of my identity.

Where Papi is always thinkingof how to save another dollar,I'm dreaming up a Sephora wish listto request for my next birthday.Mami stands in front of a stove for hours,& I would burn an untoasted sandwich.I am theirs. You can see them on me.But I am also all mine, mostly.

When a monster grows quiet and crumbles to the ground weeping, you feel sorry for him. You may approach with caution and hope, whispering words of peace. But in the morning he will rise to his full height, roaring and stomping and baring his sharp teeth because he is, after all, a monster.

Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices.

I can tell you who I am, but I’d rather have you watch who I am.