We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
William ShakespeareI count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
AristotleI want you to be everything that's you deep at the center of your being.
ConfuciusOnce we accept our limits we go beyond them.
Albert EinsteinAlways bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Abraham LincolnI am the miracle.
BuddhaIt is never too late to be what you might have been.
George EliotShe lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.
Anais NinBecause one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
Lao TzuI think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.
Johnny DeppI can be changed by what happens to me. but i refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya AngelouPlease accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.
Groucho MarxIf I were two-faced would I be wearing this one?
Abraham LincolnCharacter is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.
Abraham LincolnIn the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.
Deepak ChopraDon't let them change ya, or even rearrange ya.
Bob MarleyBe who you are and say what you feel, because in the end those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.
UnknownSelf-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
William ShakespeareThe best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma GandhiI wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.
Jane AustenIf you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.
Maya AngelouWe have all a better guide in ourselves if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
Jane AustenThe mind is everything. What you think you become.
BuddhaOur ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us, and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
Oscar WildeWe are what we believe we are.
C. S. LewisIt is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Herman HesseI have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
Rabindranath TagoreLet nothing dim the light that shines from within.
Maya AngelouThe worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
Mark TwainThe act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.
Paulo CoelhoSuccess is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Maya AngelouHe who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
ConfuciusThe meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
Alan WattsIt ain't what they call you it's what you answer to.
W. C. FieldsWhat a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head and is known to none but himself.
Mark TwainIt is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
Benjamin FranklinThis above all, to thine own self be true.
William ShakespeareI know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
Muhammad AliI've never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself.
Muhammad AliEveryone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Mark TwainWho looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes.
Carl JungThe self is not something ready-made but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
John DeweyIt is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. RowlingNever be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.
Harvey FiersteinWe must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
Thomas MertonEveryone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mahatma GandhiThousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Mark TwainAs human beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
Mahatma GandhiI sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you.
William ShatnerEverybody likes to go their own way - to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
Jane AustenI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Kurt CobainDon’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.
Paulo CoelhoThe ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
Maya AngelouA person is never entirely holy or entirely sinful.
Herman HesseWithin you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.
Herman HesseI had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
Oprah WinfreyThis is my life. It is my one time to be me. I want to experience every good thing.
Maya AngelouWe are all alike on the inside.
Mark TwainHappiness belongs to the self-sufficient
AristotleIf you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
Oprah WinfreyFor what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
AristotleI'm not a person that socializes very well.
Paulo CoelhoYour vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes.
Carl Jung