285 Quotes About Who-we-are

Along every step of our journey through life, our mind is being programmed. If we are not programming it ourselves, someone else is doing it to us.

A prosperous and sustainable future can only be secured through greater equality and collaboration.

So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. And I'm going to figure out what that is. But right now I'm here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.

Allow what is to be.

Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn't change.

We are who we are in large part because of where we are and when we are. But lives of courage and consequence remap the locus of spirit and possibility for generations to come.

An aware and righteous individual doesn’t need the respect of others to feel respected.

...if the philosopher Françoise Baylis is right– if identity is something we work out in constant conversation with the rest of the world, a kind of story we tell, shaped by our beliefs and desires and fact-checked and validated by others–then the only person who could have said who [anyone] is [that person].

What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are.