“...as I was sifting through a heap of old and new "identity cards," I noticed that something was missing: my identity.” — Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Copy Share Image
“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket. 'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I… — Karen Tei Yamashita Copy Share Image
I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I am a big self-doubter. I suffer from Impostor Syndrome. Whenever I start a new job, I think: 'I'm going to be… — Les Dennis Copy Share Image
What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true? We know of only one,--and that is not only… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“Self-belief, also called self-efficacy, is the kind of feeling you have when you have, like a Jedi, mastered a particular kind of… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
The Self is not in the realm of thought. The Self is in the gap between our thoughts. The cosmic psyche whispers… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“An individual’s value cannot be determined by another. You are as valuable as you perceive yourself to be. Whether anyone else recognizes… — Kel Kade Copy Share Image
I think it's important for us to believe in one another's capabilities. If I didn't have someone to believe in me, I… — Usher Copy Share Image
There's never been a great fight without the writers taking on and finding an identity for it. That's probably what has happened… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
And Complicated Grief is a text that announces, from the start, in its citation of influence, dense intertextuality and hybridity, a failure… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“Everything I do for my private wellbeing adds another layer to my ego, and in thickening it insulates me more from God.… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“Your magician self, that loopy doppelgänger, was always with you, tugging at your sleeve, whispering silently that your real life was a… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“Even in the act of fleeing modern ideologies, however, literary theory reveals its often unconscious complicity with them, betraying its elitism, sexism… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The European problem is that it assumes that the minute a woman has a child, the mother identity subsumes the professional identity.… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
What you really are isn’t loyal to your self. It won’t favor your self. It will turn your self into what you… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
Realization is our true nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing me, I find… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
If I watch myself on tape, I'm not only viewing with my self-concept in mind, I'm comparing me to my possible selves,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How much is the absence of ownership of the mind-body-speech complex (pudgal, the relative self), that much is the experience of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all. — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Now I feel free, and hope is creeping back. Maybe because I'm paying attention to what I have rather than what's missing.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
People are now writing parts for strong women who might be ambiguous in their gender presentation. They might be gay or trans.… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
There's an identity thing that goes on where you spend so much time caring for your child that, after a year or… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
I made the mistake of pouring my entire identity into one single dream and convincing myself that I was not capable of… — Mandy Harvey Copy Share Image
The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am a bit doubtful… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
One thing leads to another. Self importance leads to self neglect. To think you're better than anyone else is the birth of… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
Dont be destracted by self criticism.Self criticism guides ones action.ones corrective step towards wrong being done,it makes you authentic self. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“May she be her best possible self,” because it seemed, in that moment, to be the truest of all wishes—not a betrayal… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn… — William Arnot Copy Share Image
“Thus are many identities, over time, shown to be temporary alignments of components involved in a deeper allegiance.” — Amy Leach Copy Share Image
“So soon as passion goes beyond instinct and becomes truly itself, it tends to self self-description, either in order to justify or… — Denis de Rougemont Copy Share Image
We are many, many selves. We're not just a finite being. The selves don't necessarily speak in words. But they are you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image