Who You Are Quotes - Page 12

• Truth is truth, you are who you are, and though your viewpoint might change, and though you might possess a different perspective about something, your heart and what you believe and who you are inside is only ever you...and you have to follow your heart, you have to believe what you're doing is right, and no matter what anyone might say or think or do you have to trust yourself to make the right decision.

  R.J. Ellory

  Believe, Heart, Thinking

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• Don’t ever stop writing. This is the way the world will find out who you are.

  R.J. Ellory

  Writing, World, Way

  R. J. Ellory (2010). “A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel”, p.248, The Overlook Press

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• Become who you are!

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.215, Penguin

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• Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds.

  Dorianne Laux

  Cutting, Numbers, Important

  Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (1997). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.197, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Can you imagine anything more tragic?' Rose asked. 'To be born a princess --native and to the manor born-- and then to forget who you are and settle for being something horrible like an--an accountant!

  Regina Doman

  Princess, Rose, Forget

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• Be true to who you are and the family name you bare.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Names, Being True, Be True To Who You Are

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• His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say "I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come." Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.

  Markus Zusak

  Light, Soul, Want

  "The Book Thief". Book by Markus Zusak, 2005.

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• No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• There's a lot about discovering who you are and how difficult that is. And it never stops.

  Libba Bray

  Difficult, Discovering, Discovering Who You Are

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• It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people. She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.

  E. Lockhart

  Sweet, Simple, Doors

  E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.217, Hot Key Books

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• Making something secret makes it too important, elevates it to the point where it runs your life from the shadows. If you hide what's at your core from other people for too long, sooner or later you end up hiding it from yourself and waking up with no idea of who you are.

  Michael Marshall Smith

  Running, Ideas, Long

  Michael Marshall Smith (1998). “One of Us”, Bantam

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• What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?' 'Cats don't have names,' it said. 'No?' said Coraline. 'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

  Neil Gaiman

  Cat, Names, People

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.45, A&C Black

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• Spirit, who are you?' Andy demanded. Bobby remained silent, his entire body strained, his lips tightly together, his eyes bulging out. He was taking frantic, short breaths through his nose. His face was crimson. Spirit,' said Andy, 'I command you to tell us who you are in Jesus' name!' Don't you mention that name!' the spirit hissed and then cursed. I will mention that name again and again,' said Hank. You know that name has defeated you.

  Frank Peretti

  Jesus, Eye, Defeated You

  Frank Peretti (2012). “This Present Darkness: A Novel”, p.373, Simon and Schuster

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• Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

  Lionel Shriver

  Odds, Giving, Taste

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• You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you." "What if I see you, and I don't know that you're my daughter, and I don't know that you love me?" "Then, I'll tell you that I do, and you'll believe me.

  Lisa Genova

  Beautiful, Daughter, Believe

  Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle.

  Jodi Picoult

  Miracle, Wish, Matter

  FaceBook post by Jodi Picoult from Oct 23, 2015

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• I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

  Alice Hoffman

  Mother, Heart, Matter

  Alice Hoffman (2007). “Incantation”

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• Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are.

  Ralph Ellison

  Losing, Danger, Where You Are

  Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.590, Vintage

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• Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Giving, Advice, Trying

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• The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes for a happy ending is what Addie said all along: freedom. The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. —Bobby Goodspeed

  James Howe

  Winning, Names, Be Who You Are

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• Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

  Jimmy Carter

  Love You, Car, Office

  "Jimmy Carter: Role Model" by Ken Dychtwald, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2015.

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• We recived our colouring from the Norsemen,hairy savages who hacked their gods to pieces and hung the flesh from trees.We are the ones who sacked Rome.Fear only feeble old age and death in bed.Don't forget who you are.

  Janet Fitch

  Rome, Tree, Age

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• Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you personally love. And like go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes.

  Angelina Jolie

  Strong Women, Good Life, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No, if there's any ultimate redemption, it would be because I passed though your life without scarring you, and did not diminish who you are.

  Dean Koontz

  Would Be, Redemption, Scarring

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• Now I know who you are U got nothin' on me, I see I should've known it from the start You can't tell me lies Don't even try cuz This is goodbye Goodbye

  Demi Lovato

  Goodbye, Lying, Trying

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