Community Quote by Julie Kagawa

“How many of us allow others to define us and thus we become what they want us to be, not what we should be…

— Lisa Renee Jones

“We all have control over what kind of person we are. Each word that comes out, each action that we take, defines us.”

— Ruth Cardello

“Our use of words defines us.”

— Melissa Harker Ridenour

“It seems to us that there is only one answer to this question: we must recognize, and loudly proclaim, that everyone, whatever his grade…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

“You know what, sometimes it seems to me we're living in a world that we fabricate for ourselves. We decide what's good and what…

— Olga Tokarczuk

“Words are not simply an expression of the self; they help to create the self. In struggling to say what we are, we become…

— Thomas S. Kane

“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.”

— Pip Williams

“While it is always good to care about the good of society and other people, it is also vital that we are able to…

— Joseph Arouet

“We need to teach people not about human beings but about being human.”

— Camille Burnett

“Like it or not, how we each present ourselves to the world, by way of our appearance, attire, behavior, and speech, all send messages…

— Susan C. Young

“Over time and under the right circumstances, the norms and values of the group to which we belong become our own. We internalize them.…

— Angela Duckworth

“From first days in school, we are taught to listen to everything and everyone but ourselves, to take in all our clues about living…

— Peter Palker