Identity Quotes · Page 124

So the self under the eye lies, Attendant and withdrawn.

— Ted Hughes

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

— Nathaniel Branden

“this was a book about working out who you were. About identity, constant and threatened.”

— Lewis Carroll

Every individual in the church is free to think as he pleases.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“If you become obsessed with someone else, you lose yourself.”

— J.R. Rim

It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.

— Albert Einstein

“...at some point we must achieve our identity -we can't be always in adolescence seeking who we are...”

— John Geddes

“That which is the Real Self of Man is the Divine Spark sent forth from the Sacred Flame.”

— William Walker Atkinson

“One thing only can stand against the power of the unconscious and this, paradoxical as it may sound, is the power of…

— Anonymous

It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no…

— Roman Jakobson

We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their…

— Spike Lee

The defense of our values and our identity requires regulation of the Islamic presence and Islamic organizations in Italy.

— Matteo Salvini

I stay close to my identity - that's something I find important - but I don't completely shut myself off from the…

— Memphis Depay

During our formative years, it was all about, 'What did Metallica do?' and 'How do we do that?' and then you try…

— Synyster Gates

It's difficult to oppress people who have a sense of identity and unity, he says. Our struggle is about being seen as…

— Pablo Alvarado

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost…

— Tallulah Bankhead

It is this capacity for relentless self-criticism that should be - everywhere - the true measure of intellectual freedom and cosmopolitanism, not…

— Pankaj Mishra

We recognize that our progress as a species does not have to be defined in terms of wealth or material and physical…

— Wes Jackson

The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great…

— Bernadette Roberts

This is so cool," I said loudly as Dad walked away. "Have you met the tattoo artist? Is he hot?" "He's a…

— Kelley Armstrong

“Hard and cruel though it may seem," said the Cardinal, "yet we, who hold our high office as keepers and watchmen to…

— Karen Blixen

“Society and the individual are thus interdependent. The one owes its existence to the other. Society owes its existence to human nature,…

— Karl R. Popper

“The public is a host, more numerous than all the peoples together, but it is a body which can never be reviewed,…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“If I give you and apple and ask you, “What is that?” You reply, “An apple.” “How do you know it’s an…

— Toni Sorenson

I am your own self and the self of all beings that exist.

— H. W. L. Poonja

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

— B. F. Skinner

I am in an extended self-directed course of study. That is, I am in control of my own life.

— Amber Benson

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

— Oscar Wilde

Never allow anyone to effect your self existence, be you self & make right decision.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

“The only self control I have when I am with you is that I am with you.”

— Pushpa Rana

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.

— Ayn Rand

As an artist, you want to form your own identity and be your own performer.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

Creative life is always based on the values of the self, not on the values of the system.

— Clark Moustakas

It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

— Natalia Makarova

Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.

— Eric Hoffer

No one can self-actualize without self-actualizing those around them.

— Mark Victor Hansen

I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis.

— Mary MacLane

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

— Seneca the Younger

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

— Jane Goodall

“I don't need to be better or even the best, i just need to be real and be my self”

— Wendy Prince