Quotes About Self-discovery

I didn't want to sit around and wait for someone to discover me, so I created my own self through the Internet.

I discover a lot of things on my own.

I'm so happy I discovered early how wonderful music makes me feel.

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.

I'm just this committed dilettante. I think what I've found is that I've tried to do a lot of different things in my life and discovered I'm not as good at them as I'd want to be.

There are people who compose from very young. That is not my case. I went discovering myself.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

Being in your 30s is about discovering yourself and your body and enjoying who you are.

Kids under, I'd say, 14 are still maturing; they are still growing. They are still understanding themselves. To hit them with something like 'Roots,' to hit them with this particular period of time, it's important to discuss the matters beyond the program itself.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Honestly, I never thought I would ever tell anyone that I had an eating disorder. It was my deepest, darkest secret.

Breaking up is just hard, even if you're the one breaking up. It's not fun. It can be dramatic and complicated. And then you get a little distance and you think, why did it have to be so complicated and dramatic?

I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.

I used to just let people tell me what to do. I didn't really have a mind of my own, and I couldn't really say yes or no to things because I didn't really know what I wanted, but now I feel really confident in the fact that I can really be distinctive on what I want and how I want to do things.

Lord knows one can use a distraction during divorce, and it's great to feel you are again successful on your own, with your own identity.

I think I just need to be myself. I think that's what this 'Diva Search' competition is all about.

I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.

In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own.

I've spent a lot of years confused. Am I straight? Am I bi? Is there something wrong with me that I'm not attracted to girls? Everyone's always expecting me to be gay. I'm like, 'No, I love men.'

When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.

I went to a cleansing retreat in the desert where I didn't eat for eight days and experienced hunger-driven hallucinations.

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.