Quotes About Self-discovery

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here.

I could've kept playing, but football didn't define me.

I define myself.

I don't want people to define me. That's the best way for an actor to grow.

I came out of a lower-middle-class background. At that time, everyone used to define themselves: Stalinist, Maoist, whatever. I thought they meant 'miaowist'. Seriously! Something to do with cats.

I've been able to define who I am and my brother is able to do his thing.

I find it hard to define myself.

I tried never to be defined by my past.

I've thought about it many times, I really have, because it defined who I am. I wouldn't be where I am today without my dyslexia.

And Kinsey thought that anybody who defined themselves based on their sexual acts was limiting themselves.

Growing up and being bullied, it's not a sad story for me. It's defined me and what made me so strong.

You have to decide what it is that shapes and defines you. I'm a big sister and a co-parent with my mom before anything. That's my root of all. It's my foundation.

Defining moments are the moments that either define you, or you define the moment.

If you stop trying to restrict yourself by defining yourself and love in other people's terms, it's the most liberating thing.

At 11 years old, I made a very definitive decision, and my decision was that I wanted to be happy. Above and beyond anything I ever did in my life, I wanted to be happy.

I didn't want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in.

Before coming out, I remember distinctly feeling like there was a delay on my life.

I'm so grateful for my endless delusion.

I've just learned how to put things into perspective and how to not be afraid of change while making decisions for myself. Also, asking for what I want and demanding what I need and being more confident in who I am and my ability.

Writing about my life was a 13-year process where I had to face my demons as I wrote and take the time to understand them, then defeat them.

I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in. Like, it wasn't common. I didn't know anybody that was gay. I think I had one gay friend in high school and she never even, like, came out. It was just, like, we all just knew.

I feel like before music, I didn't really know what I wanted to do. I didn't know where I was going to end up. I was scared to even have people depending on me.

We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life.