Characterization Quote by Kelly Corrigan

“Those early characterizations (Our parents give us) can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a…

— Kelly Corrigan

Perhaps imagining ourselves as parents is not only the expression of a biological drive, but essential to understanding the scope of our lives, who…

— Anonymous

When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and…

— Pico Iyer

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

— Maxwell Maltz

I began thinking about why am I constructing almost a shadow father or ghost father in my head into Graham Greene in response to…

— Pico Iyer

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To…

— Henry Rollins

“I saw clearly that the idea of the self—of distinction, of me, of an inner and outer—is just an illusion,” he said, “something created…

— Emily Esfahani Smith

“As children inch their way into adolescence, the parent changes. He is an authority, a source of answers, and a chastising voice. Depending on…

— Nadia Hashimi

“From the very earliest ages, our children need to know that they belong to God. God created them for a purpose, and He created…

— Zan Tyler

“What we define ourselves us can sometimes bring forth the best images of ourselves--or vice versa, will create some of the worst restrictions we…

— Andrew Kendall

“I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my…

— Anne Frank

“To get Enlightened, therefore, we have to correct, first of all, our notions concerning Self. Individual body and mind are not the only important…

— Kaiten Nukariya