Identity Quotes · Page 103

“I am not in competition with anyone but my former self.”

— DON SANTO

You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

— Helena Bonham Carter

The psychic development of the individual is a short repetition of the course of development of the race.

— Sigmund Freud

Religion is what the individual does with his own solitariness.

— Alfred North Whitehead

You have to know your identity. It's the biggest thing in wanting to pursue creative dreams.

— Lauren Daigle

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

— Samuel Johnson

“True solitude is the home of the person, false solitude the refuge of the individualist.”

— Thomas Merton

I used to have a really sharp memory. And its loss has proven destabilizing from an identity perspective.

— Heidi Julavits

I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't…

— Erica Jong

The power of self goes beyond words. Self confidence, self improvement, self esteem, self enhancement, self love ... Get yourself right first!

— Behdad Sami

Someone asked me to describe U in a Sentence! I said, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MAKES PLACE IN OTHERS HEART WITHOUT EVEN KNOCKING…

— Azgraybebly Joslan

Each elect soul ... possesses God directly and finds in that unique possession the fulfillment of his own individuality.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.

— Charles Brenton Huggins

This conflict between self and society is a perpetual battle that continues until one side gives in. And society never does.

— Ruben Papian

Ayad Akhtar's 'Homeland Elegies' pointed the way to new ways to speak about identity, new modes of honesty about identity and class.

— Torrey Peters

“Everyone at some point in life have faced rejection and failure, it is part of the process to self realisation.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a…

— Kristen Stewart

In 'The Bourne Identity,' I wanted to give the audience the feeling of being in the car with Jason Bourne, not just…

— Doug Liman

“My specialty is cultural anthropology,” the Professor said. “I gave up being a scholar some time ago, but I’m still permeated with…

— Haruki Murakami

When my daughter went to school, her last name was mine. The school insisted that her father's name be added to hers,…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

When a caterpillar spins its cocoon, it goes through a transformative process and then emerges as a butterfly. Similarly, when we go…

— Michael Beckwith

“Back to the 1st Person: I'd even made up art theories about my inability to use it. That I'd chosen film and…

— Chris Kraus

Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent…

— Adi Shankara

The emptiness I speak about is not the emptiness the mind imagines. It is not blank. Your body can continue expressing in…

— Mooji

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

— Spike Jonze

Taste, like identity, has value only when there are differences,

— Carlo Petrini

Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy.

— Patrick Dempsey

Don't live in someone's shadow; you'll just be stuck in the dark.

— Jillian Rowe

The eye the point where a person's identity is concentrated.

— Milan Kundera

By removing that which is petty and self-seeking, we bring forth all that is glorious and mindful of the whole.

— Eknath Easwaran

The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.

— Nikola Tesla

“People are responsible for themselves. All you can do is try to inspire each person to be his best self.”

— Gennifer Choldenko

“any identity, any label, should not be before my main identity in Christ. ”

— Anonymous

“You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.”

— Swami Vivekananda

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self.

— Anonymous

The true personality of an individual becomes manifest in how he/she deals with challenging situations.

— Ahmed

“Listening to your ego brings your vibration down; listening to your higher self brings your vibration up.”

— Caroline A. Shearer

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

— William Hazlitt

'Bigg Boss' has given me a lot. A new identity, emotional bonds and a person who I can go to as a…

— Shehnaaz Gill

What we live with is ourselves. And when you have your own identity you are much easier to live with.

— Shirley MacLaine