Quotes About Identity

Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.

When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self.

There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was certain defeat in pretending to be something I was not.

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and... open to the modern world.

Maturity is coming to terms with that other part of yourself.

I am what I am and the world only makes me better!

Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.

There is that gnawing feeling that we are far more than what we believe ourselves to be. Maybe it's time to believe the gnawing.

Why am I trying to be somebody? I am somebody.

All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.

It has nothing to do with who I am as compared to everyone else. It has everything to do with who I am in companionship with God.

People shouldn't be ashamed of what they are. And it will help them, to gain self esteem and confidence.

I do not care what I labeled, as long as I am heard.

Celebrate you! For if you don't, no one will.

Never be ashamed of who you are. True shame always belongs to the person that enjoys being ashamed of who you are.

Patriotism is merely deeply-rooted government brand loyalty.

Fighting to fit in. Confidence is paper thin.

Do not underrate yourself trying to be somebody else.

When you forget about your self consciousness for a moment, you forget about your true self, your real you and your true purpose for a moment

I stand out not because I am six feet tall, But because I feel six feet tall.

I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.