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Quotes About Self-discovery

I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.
~ Bill Walton
You can't live your life through your children.
~ Carl Lewis
I was the person who did academics until the middle of the day, then went on auditions. I think there was a moment later in my life where I was like, "What am I doing? Why am I so serious?" .
~ Carla Gugino
You know, Italian-Hungarian - no matter how linear and cool I look on the outside, I have all that energy trying to find its way through life.
~ Carmen Dell'Orefice
[If you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.
~ Charlize Theron
The more I trust my intuition and act on its wisdom, the more extraordinary my life becomes.
~ Cheryl Richardson
Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside?
~ Christina Aguilera
I was never less alone than when by myself.
~ Edward Gibbon
Flirting with the dark side has always had it's fascination. Because you learn, and there's wisdom there. Escpecially with the post-Freudian era with the young, the shadow is ninety percent gold. You hold treasures there that you need to learn about yourself to be a whole person.
~ Edward Herrmann
Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again.
~ Edward Hoagland
Without all that young stuff, Stamford, you will die a slave. And it will not be a pretty die.
~ Edward P. Jones
One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.
~ Edward T. Hall
By all means use some time to be alone.
~ Edward Young
Before the ability to understand yourself, study the spirit and beauty of truth, which opens the sight of insight.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Coming out from Yourself is a glorious victory of victories and enlightening knowledge.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Overcome your negative feelings is finding and winning yourself; it defines an actual life.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
The silly people read and follow the guidance provided by websites and books about love; one should know that only tell how to get the beautiful women, men, and sex, but not the real love. True love does not need any guidance.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
The sun, moon, weather, climate, and all seasons speak its appearance, to let us feel and realize; it's a way to introduce oneself.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
To find and discover yourself is your creation, and it is actual and factual life.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
To put on the test others is very simple and easy while putting oneself into it, is the most difficult job, one who does that, it recognizes itself, it means one gains its way.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
If the talents I was born with are the right ones, I may someday achieve my goal. If not, I may go through life being as stupid as I am now.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they'll truly feel alive every day.
~ Eiko Kadono
I've come to believe that everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they'll truly feel alive every day. There is magic inside each and every one of you, too— I believe that.
~ Eiko Kadono
Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.
~ Eileen Caddy