Quotes About Self-definition

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

What's your name?' 'Names!' she sniffed, rolling her eyes. 'People always want names, don't they? They're mad about naming. I will let the moment name me.' she eyed Jack expectantly. 'You want me to name you?' he asked. 'People from the other side are very dull,' she sighed. 'Give yourself a name for me. I don't need naming for myself, do I?

I'm not ashamed of my social media following, my Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot, or the tough time I had in my LPGA debut, but these small facets of my life are easily manipulated by the Internet to get views, and they don't define me as a person.

Respectable transwomen were not as visible and very unclear in how they defined themselves. I had no one to look up to, pre-transition.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

She became whomever she needed to be to survive, but she never let anyone else define her.

Taking back our power means deciding who we are, and who we wish to be. This is only possible when we no longer make our past or other peoples opinions "about us".

You can't allow other people to define your purpose or your destiny.

It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself.

At various points in my own life, I have been laughed at scathingly for calling myself black.

A big part of me needed something outside myself to tell me who I was. The thing that had been designed to tell me who I was was gone.

I wish I was like that. More carefree." "Anyone can be. People aren't carved out of marble. We're all works in progress. The trick is to define ourselves, rather than let outside influences define us.

People aren't carved out of marble. We're all works in progress. The trick is to define ourselves, rather than let outside influences define us.

Sempre fomos o que os homens disseram que nós éramos. Agora somos nós que vamos dizer o que somos.

I have discovered that if I can change the way I think about something, I can change the way I react to it. If I change the way I react, I can change the way I define myself as a mother.

When I was hired, I was urged] not to seek a clear definition of what I'd be doing because that would also make it clear what I was not supposed to do. Be careful not to define yourself out of an interesting job.

Other people are not in the right position to define us. We are in a better position to define ourselves. Only God is in the best position to define us as we truly are.

I'm sorry, but your opinion and thoughts of me doesn't define the kind of person I am.

We choose every day, our attitude towards our surroundings, people and situations. What we accept and include into our inner space shows to ourselves who and what we want to have in our life. This is part of what defines us and ultimately make our own life.

Tu n'es pas défini par tes origines. Ne le laisse pas t'entraîner dans sa chute.

If you don't define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other's fantasies of you and eaten alive

Let not others define you, make yourself strong and able to define yourself. When you accept yourself with your worthiness and weakness, you are invincible.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.