Our thinking about who we are as Christians should not begin with what we can discover about ourselves by self-analysis. Rather, it… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“We tend to see life as a continuum, but really, it's a series of phases, generating a series of different selves. You… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Slang has always moved this way. From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they're tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
My interested in Brazilian music stemmed from wanting to find a musical identity other than the salsa and meringue that I was… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Some of the best work that's happening right now is from architects who have remained in their home countries and who have… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share Image
My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use,… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
“Layer by layer I removed all I thought I was, all I thought I had to be and in the moment I… — Lenita Vangellis Copy Share Image
I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
“To attack a system that has evolved to contain social movements through elite representation, we believe in the absolute necessity of autonomous… — Tipu's Tiger Copy Share Image
Even when God chose Israel, he did not create the people of Israel as he created its human members, as natural beings.… — David Novak Copy Share Image
Without constraint, without any form of mental compulsion, the act of belief becomes the freest possible projection of what resides in our… — Terryl L. Givens Copy Share Image
“The private realm of the household was the sphere where the necessities of life, of individual survival as well as of continuity… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Although what I see in the mirror often doesn’t fit who I believe myself to be, that person provides me with everything… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity.… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
“There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only in contemplation, and the superficial, external self which we… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of… — Jim Holt Copy Share Image
We must become masters of our own actions and attitudes. To let another person determine whether we will be rude or gracious,… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self… that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self. — Karen Salmansohn Copy Share Image
Selfless giving changes our concept of our identity. When we give to others our unselfishness removes the spot of "self" that stained… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, we’re in trouble” — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
The precariat has been losing cultural rights in that those in it feel they cannot and do not belong to any community… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture.… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity... like the sense you might get walking into… — Coleman Barks Copy Share Image
The world we knew as children is still buried within our minds. Our childlike self is the deepest level of our being.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to be satisfied. You try hard enough. Don't be so self-critical; don't be so hard on yourself. (Shape your… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
It's important to be really verbal about what you believe, to try to claim America as your own, as we're trying to… — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
A lot of the exercise of embracing identity as a political affirmation is not just simply parked in the question of skin… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
“I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
When I started snowboarding, I was looking for success to bring me identity. I still love to win, but at the same… — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Individuality should not translate to narcissism. Realizing the strength of individuality is an accomplishment while being narcissistic is a failure.” — Amitav Chowdhury Copy Share Image
To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Facebook has woven itself into the fabric of our lives and the foundation of the Internet. I think everything will be redefined… — Ruchi Sanghvi Copy Share Image