Quotes About Self-definition

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are we can all be freer. And this is what HeforShe is about. It's about freedom.

You are the only one who defines you, so don't ever allow anyone to tell you who you are, or that you are not good enough.

Don't let other people define you. It's not their life; it's not their story. Live your own life, and write your own story. Define yourself.

If u don't know who you are, someone will always be there to tell you.

Nobody has the right to define who you are. Be true to yourself, because your opinion is the only one that matters.

Accept no ones definition of your life, but define yourself.

Your identity should be determined by you, yourself and your definition of your own values, goals, preferences and personality.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no ones definition of your life; Define yourself.

You have the highest right of telling yourself who you really are. All other opinions are only subject to your consideration.

Define yourself. Never give anyone any chance to define you by their definitions.

We reduce, concretize, or substantialize experiences or feelings, which are, in their very nature, fleeting or evanescent. In so doing, we define ourselves by our moods and by our thoughts. We do not just let ourselves be happy or sad, for instance; we must become a happy person or a sad one. This is the chronic tendency of the ignorant or deluded mind, to make "things" out of that which is no thing.

I want my name to mean me.

Life is not defined by other peoples experiences but by how you define it!

I hate when a man feels I'm obligated to disclose my marital status to somebody I don't even know. Even this bullshit about status itself as if married and spinster are the only two choices for defining myself. Or because I'm a woman I'm supposed to have a status at all.

I goin' call her Lilith. You can call her what they call her.

We can change not only our behavior but how we define ourselves. When we put ourselves in a box marked "That's not me," we ensure that we'll never get out of it.

People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.

My job does not define me.

You have to decide who you are, little girl, she told me once. Once you know that, everyone else will too.

She thinks she knows who I am because she thinks who I am is who she tells me I am.

Os mulatos só são pretos quando lhes convém. (...) - Não sou preto! - Então? - Sou extremamente mulato!

Solitude increased my perception. But here's the tricky thing: when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. There was no audience, no one to perform for. There was no need to define myself. I became irrelevant. (I)solation felt more like communion...To put it romantically, I was completely free.

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.