Identity Quotes · Page 118

Self-centeredness brings misery,A proud heart bring much pain; But those with true humility Have lasting peace to gain.

— Anonymous

“I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and…

— Petek Kabakci

You can be debased without relinquishing your identity, just as you can relinquish your identity without being debased.

— Mark Fisher

Your uniqueness is your identity, don't lose it. To be noticed in a crowd, you have to be different from everyone else.

— Anonymous

“Attachment to the false view of the self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities that exist on their own.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed…

— Camille Paglia

It must be shown that self-seeking is out of fashion, and that the world is moving on to a larger conception of…

— Manly Hall

“For what is the human body, with its branching veins and winding bowels and many-chambered heart, if not a Labyrinth?”

— Seamus Sullivan

The question really is what will be the central focus of global politics in the coming decades and my argument is that…

— Samuel P. Huntington

I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that…

— Jessica Hagedorn

I do believe, separate and apart from any particular election or movement, that we are going to have to guard against a…

— Barack Obama

“To align oneself with the real while intimating that others are at play, approximate, or in imitation can feel good. But any…

— Maggie Nelson

You know, one of the ways we adapted to not being free was to think that our group identity was again, the…

— Shelby Steele

Being beautiful is more than how many boys you can get to look at you, or how much makeup you can wear.…

— Anonymous

The anonymity of the internet has been completely abandoned - everything's so tied to your identity and sense of self now. It's…

— Porter Robinson

I believe the NFL is a land of opportunity. As soon as you figure out you can find your little niche, you…

— Danny Amendola

When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving…

— Hugh Prather

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

— Elizabeth J. Andrew

Battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning, and ultimately our freedom.

— Chris Hedges

If a person lacks self- acceptance, he can't live with himself; if he lacks self-criticism, others can't live with him.

— James Pike

I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.

— LeRoy Neiman

By reshaping or decorating our outer selves, we express our inner sense of self: 'I like that' becomes 'I'm like that.'

— Virginia Postrel

It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room.

— Peter Paige

To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity.

— James A. Baldwin

“The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and…

— Plato

The image of God, then, involves gender identity and complementarity. God created gender in duality as male and female.

— Andrew Comiskey

“I cherished her individuality, that spark of independence no child should lose to life's restrictions and parameters.”

— Truddi Chase

I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Ann Demeulemeester is an adult brand now, with its own identity and legacy that is able to continue growing without me.

— Ann Demeulemeester

I must first be sure of the type of football that I want played in the long term. It's up to me…

— Patrick Vieira

“Perhaps we have stopped ourselves from being invented, from self-realization, by blaming others for our wordlessness.”

— Miguel Syjuco

“A person who is humble would never be abusive or selfish; so don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care.”

— Bryant McGill

I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and…

— Lance Armstrong

Forget about trying to stabilize the personal sense of Self. It is inherently unstable. See that the Self watches this.

— Mooji

We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.

— Mike Huckabee

I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.

— Guru Nanak

I often feel like an outsider wherever I go, so I'm always attracted to stories about identity and the meaning of home.

— Chloe Zhao

Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.

— Viktor E. Frankl

When something goes into the world, you immediately begin to develop another perspective on yourself, another identity.

— Victoria Legrand

“Lovers of transpersonal power seek the empowerment of selves and others—realizing that power and freedom are sisters.”

— Hanzi Freinacht