Quotes About Self-discovery

It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you... Follow your bliss.

Every day when a man or woman gets dressed, they are in effect defining who they are. That daily clean slate is a time in our lives when we can determine who we want to be.

When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.

Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans for its accomplishment.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

I dunno, around 11th grade, 12th grade I was just like "yeah. This is something I want to do". I was always known; I was always the rapper.

Discovering what you really want saves you endless confusion and wasted energy.

When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

I finally feel like I'm becoming somebody. I really think like I can do something. I just know I'm going to be an actress. I want it so bad.

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be.

Sometimes we have to lose our way to find out what we really want, for we often ignore our needs until we are lost.

Of course {I'm bisexual}. If I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it's okay to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her? Absolutely! Yes!

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.

When people say 'I want to be like you', I tell them if you want to be like me, then be yourself.

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.

When you look for independence and you get what you want, how come you look back thinking what have I done?

Society wants to put us in a box and say, OK, you do this and you do that and you do this, and I'm like, no, I like this, I like that.

Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don't end up being someone you don't want to be.

People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that they themselves are poor.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

Reading what people say makes me want to be me even more.

I think we have to accept a wide variety of positions on gender. Some want to be gender-free, but others want to be free really to be a gender that is crucial to who they are.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.