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title: "10 Finding Identity Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Finding Identity quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Finding Identity sayings and thoughts."
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> [Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cameron-mitchell/coming-out-as-a-gay-man-it-was-very-much-about-finding-my-own/)

[John Cameron Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cameron-mitchell/)

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> [I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-douglas/i-have-some-idea-of-the-pressure-of-finding-your-own-identity-with-a/)

[Michael Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-douglas/)

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> [I'm right at a time when I'm strongly finding my identity inside of my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-lucas/i-m-right-at-a-time-when-i-m-strongly-finding-my-identity-inside-of/)

[Josh Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-lucas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/josh-lucas-16717_findings_i-m-right-at-a-time-when-i-m-strongly-fi_968243.jpg)

> [I guess, for me, the idea of finding an identity through creative means has always been a way to deal with otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aesop-rock/i-guess-for-me-the-idea-of-finding-an-identity-through-creative-means/)

[Aesop Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aesop-rock/)

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> [When you're younger, it's hard because you're finding your identity, and then for 12 hours out of the day, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilarie-burton/when-you-re-younger-it-s-hard-because-you-re-finding-your-identity/)

[Hilarie Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilarie-burton/)

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> [Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-capriati/let-me-say-that-the-path-i-did-take-for-a-brief-period-of-my-life-was/)

[Jennifer Capriati](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-capriati/)

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> [If a man has a sense of identity that does not depend on being shored up by someone else, it cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/if-a-man-has-a-sense-of-identity-that-does-not-depend-on-being-shored/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/jo-coudert-12482_depends_if-a-man-has-a-sense-of-identity-that-do_2378974.jpg)

> [“Rather than finding my identity in my relationship with God, I was finding it in my drive to do “good work.” The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-vischer/rather-than-finding-my-identity-in-my-relationship-with-god-i-was/)

[Phil Vischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-vischer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/phil-vischer-24240_american-dream_rather-than-finding-my-identity-in-my-re_1520310.png)

> [. . . Cultivating good humor may be helpful in finding our own identity. Young people who are trying to find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/cultivating-good-humor-may-be-helpful-in-finding-our-own-identity/)

[James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/james-e-faust-1274_ability_cultivating-good-humor-may-be-helpful-in_1704541.jpg)

> [“Stop worrying about your identity and concern yourself with the people you care about, ideas that matter to you, beliefs you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/stop-worrying-about-your-identity-and-concern-yourself-with-the/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/zadie-smith-584_easy-way_stop-worrying-about-your-identity-and-co_395395.jpg)

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