Quotes About Self-discovery

I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs it was about sexual freedom.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

I think the worst part is that when you know you dream another person's dream, you can never truly feel at peace. Never truly trust yourself. If you carry around somebody else's nightmare, who knows what else your insides might hide or when it might come out?

In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned that not every battle can be fought by firing an arrow from a bow. But I would have to face whatever new challenges came my way as bravely as I had faced the Huns. I could not wallow in self-pity, thinking about what might have been. I had to do my duty. It was the only way to stay true to myself.

What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin somewhere. Though I suppose the truth is that we begin more than once; we begin many times. Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.

And the thing about understanding yourself, knowing your true colors, is that you have to be true to them. For if you don't, they change, and so do you.

My father might never claim me, but here, in this moment, I had finally claimed my mother for my own.

I didn't yet perceive the way everything that happens is connected-didn't realize that opening a door that led to outside exploration would inevitably open a door to the unexplored places inside myself.

Your possibilities are endless, while mine are already sewn up tight. And even if you never find out, you'll still be whatever you can make of yourself.

She was not trying to hide something; nothing she might have tried to hide was left in her

when I manage to be myself are so exhausting that all I can do when I'm not with Johan is sit around. Who'd have thought this was where I'd end up

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

This is what we do, my mother's life said. We find ourselves in the sacrifices we make.

There isn't any one big test or way to validate ourselves in the world. There's just a long, quiet process of finding our place in it

He had no idea how wonderful he was. How his hands were so beautiful she could hardly look at them. How his truest smile was crooked and lifted higher on the left side than the right, which made her feel like he might understand her better, her hemiplegic face that was all crooked half smiles, too. But it couldn't be denied. He was also slightly crazy. Maybe more than slightly.

Follow your dreams, make your best choices, and peace will come as you realize that you are on the best path for yourself.

I don't understand. How does reading stories about others answer those questions for me?" "That is what I'm hoping you will understand—every story we read, Sang Ly, is about us, in one way or another.

Seek dharma, child. Find out how you fit in, who you are. Remember that everything around you has a purpose. Even you, child.

Returning to one's roots is healthy and admirable. However, if it's at the expense of following your own path in the world, or of losing sight of what matters most, then I think you'd be making a mistake." If

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. -Carrie Bradshaw

If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.

The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.

You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.