852 Quotes About Self-discovery

I made my way here alone for a long while. It took some time to find my place. It took more time to become somebody worth protecting.

The most adventurous journey to embark on; is the journey to yourself, the most exciting thing to discover; is who you really are, the most treasured pieces that you can find; are all the pieces of you, the most special portrait you can recognize; is the portrait of your soul.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.

Read. Learn. Write. Travel.

I want to know the age. The sex. Most of all, the fingerprints. I'd like to identify who it is. After he had agreed, and I had left the office, walking to calm myself, I thought: And who am I? Please tell me who I am and what I'm doing.

It is only when you accept how different you all are, that you will be able to see how much the same you all are. Don't expect anybody to be the same as you, then you will see that you are in many ways the same as everybody.

Imagination is a gift.I've misused it,Hired it toPaint my wallsWith fear.I've learned it,Laughed atMy storiesOf "truth."I've burst with it,Dripped myHopes and liesOnto you.And now I've become it,Stopped tryingTo control my wildfireAnd let it spread.Life is a gift.I'm. Opening. It.

Sometimes it takes falling apart to see exactly how or what loosened the mortar. Sometimes we find we are responsible for the how & the what. As unpleasant as it is when it happens, one cannot help but appreciate these times for what you learn serves as a beacon. Of course this is only half the battle. Which means you're already half way there.