Defined Quote by Audre Lorde

“For Black women as well as Black men, it is axiomatic that if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will be defined…

— Audre Lorde

I'm convinced that if we don't define ourselves, other people will do it for us, and inaccurately.

— Hasan M. Elahi

“When we search for "ourselves" in the eyes of others, we have imprisoned our own-selves in believing that our self-worth is nothing unless others…

— Dahveed

“Define yourself or others will define you!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Define yourself before you define others.

— Jeremy Limn

My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out. The quote that's helped me the most through…

— Wentworth Miller

Whenever we do something for someone else, we affirm that we are not simply in it for ourselves, that our self is someone else,…

— Frederick Lenz

“Never define yourself in the eyes of others, only u will and should define you.”

— Jessica Lynn Pereplyotchik

To define yourself is to limit yourself. Without labels you remain the infinite being.

— Deepak Chopra

To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“We live not for ourselves, but for others. What we make of ourselves we make not for ourselves, but for others…”

— Hans Fallada

“We don’t have to allow ourselves to be defined by the labels imposed on us. We get to define ourselves.”

— Lizzie Velásquez