Quotes About Self-definition

Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.

I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am.

Call yourself and define your relationship to your chair the way you want to, or your disability the way you want to.

If you become a star known for one thing, that becomes your thing, and you don't want that, on some DNA level.

Change means growth, and growth can be painful. But we sharpen self-definition by exposing the self in work and struggle together with those whom we define as different from ourselves, although sharing the same goals. (151)

I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself in categories.

I don't view myself as a 'trans actor' or a 'trans model.' I mean, I am - it's part of who I am - but it's not something that solely defines me.

I am all things, I am not your words. I am defined by me.

Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act.

Whether we realize it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favoring something or someone.

DOOKU: The past does not define you, Ventress. The future does not define you. I define you.

what are you? he asked. I'm a waitress.

That's where both the Fae and the dragons fail......."They are defined either by narrative or reality. They don't go beyond that. The only person who can ever set bounds on you should be yourself.

c. "So, hunny, don't waste your time trying to label or define me…'cause I'm not what I was ten years ago or ten minutes ago. I'm all of that and then some. And whereas I can't live inside yesterday's pain, I can't live without it.

As we grow up, we're constantly defining ourselves. In my case: Caucasian, male, born in Iowa, live in Boston, Zen Buddhist, good at learning languages. With countless labels, I build up this creation I call my self.

You have to define success in your own way. What maintains your dignity and integrity and what is your life's plan, where do you want to put your efforts. I could be richer and more famous, but I would have to give up things that are of infinitely more value.

I don't define myself as autistic first. I don't want to be a professional autistic. I think it's important to have a real job.

But that isn't my life. I have said many times I don't want to be considered one who once flew fighters. That's not who I am. I devoted the subsequent 50 years - more - to writing.

You're only responsible for yourself, Jess. And that's the only person you can control. Other people will either get it or they won't but you can't define yourself by their opinions.

it was a person's choices that defined his or her identity and not the other way around.

If people feel misled or deceived, then sorry that they feel that way, but I believe that's more due to their definition and construct of race in their own minds than it is to my integrity or honesty, because I wouldn't say I'm African American, but I would say I'm black, and there's a difference in those terms.

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.