Quotes About Self-discovery

She had been kissed. Her. Lucy. For once it was about her. She was at the center of her world. It was life. And it was happening to her.

Get yourself a dress and get yourself some flowers, because, sweetheart, you're getting yourself a new name.

And then she walked away, leaving Penelope wondering if maybe she wasn't quite what she'd thought she was. Maybe—just maybe—she was something a little bit more.

He made her more confident, more daring. He made her more . . . herself. Or at least the herself she wished she could be.

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart's desire has been right under your nose all the while.

If one was always at the eye of the proverbial storm, could one discern the slant of the rain, feel the bite of the wind? Maybe she was a wallflower. There was no shame in that. Especially not if one enjoyed being a wallflower.

When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and actually running away from your parents and your home and what you grew up with. Of course, as the years go on, we come to find that we become our parents.

I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality.

I have started exploring my own life and have started valuing myself. I have started valuing my individuality.

I just want to find my individuality.

It's cool to be able to give each other that space to really explore ourselves individually and grow.

The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

I experienced a lot while I was away from the industry. From being on Broadway to learning more about myself. Those are really the things that I'm writing about.

A lot challenges me! Not psyching myself out, not doubting myself, not comparing myself to others... all of that challenges me. But inevitably, challenges are put into our lives so that we may grow and become the best version of who we are meant to be.

I suppose for me, with 'Djesse,' I realized fairly early in the process that I also needed a character to walk this path, which in some ways is me, and in some ways is not me. I think of Djesse a bit like the infinite child who can see everything and walk into everything as light as a feather and just alchemize.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.

A bunch of my fans have come up to me and said, 'Because of you, and because you came out, I have finally begun to accept myself.' That is infinitely incredible for me. I didn't expect to get to the point where I would own up to it within myself.

My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.

I knew that Jesus loved me, not because the Bible told me so but because my heart was informed by love. And later, for that same reason, I knew I was attracted to boys.

One of the biggest things about being an entrepreneur is discovering your own management style. You can learn from others and try to emulate what they are doing, but at the end of the day, your inherent personality - how you deal with events and situations - comes to the forefront.

When you don't inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

When I get in front of a camera all my fears and my inhibitions just go away. As a model, I feel that I am acting, too, playing different parts and showing different facets of myself.

I don't know if I ever realized, initially, that I didn't tic when I was so focused on my acting. I think it was after I had already done it a few years, when I went, 'Hey, interesting that this happens.'

Initially, I resisted going into acting. You want to have your own identity, and I thought about doing other things, but that didn't last very long.