Quotes About Self-discovery

Never deny passion, for that is to deny Who You Are, and Who You Truly Want To Be.

I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.

What if the question is not why I am so infrequently the person I really want to be, but why do I so infrequently want to be the person I really am?

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

There is definitely something that has to be said for me liking the action, Lara Croft type stuff. I really want to explore that side of me.

Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.

It was all those biographies in me yelling, 'We want out. We want to tell you what we've done to you.'

I knew one thing. I did not want to be a mommy like mommy.

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.

It made me wonder if the reasons our lives seem so muddled is because we keep walking into scenes in which we, along with the people around us, have no clear idea what we want.

"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.

Lots of people let it go by and never accomplish what they want. I just wanted to see what I could do.

It is never too late to be who you want to be.

I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to.

We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.

With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl.

When my husband died in 2006, I didnt want to be Mitzi Gaynor anymore.

Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

Branding is quite an important thing. As an artist, you want to be able to explore facets of yourself.

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing. I might not ever fully know who I am, but I also believe that I could be whoever I want, whenever I want.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm learning to not want to be someone else, to just be who I am, as is, with nothing extra added on.

I think I did a lot of really stupid stuff really quickly in my twenties and that sort of led me to want to sort of just relax a little bit. Relax a lot.

To have that mentality of wear whatever you want, be whoever you want to be, on and offstage. This is who I am.