Knowing Who You Are Quotes

• Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Blight, Nations

  'The Present Crisis' (1845)

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• The only true happiness lies in knowing who you are ... and making peace with it.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Lying, Identity, True Happiness

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• Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

  Ken Blanchard

  Journey, Vision, Guides

  Ken Blanchard, Colleen Barrett (2013). “Learn How to Lead and Succeed (Collection)”, p.164, FT Press

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• I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

  Plato

  Im Sorry, Apology, Men

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, Xist Publishing

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• You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Graduation, Confidence

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Crush, Morning

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• Action will
  delineate and
  define you.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Inspirational Team, Action

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• Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

  Gore Vidal

  Inspirational, Fashion, Hair

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Feb 28, 2011

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• True beauty is knowing who you are and believing in yourself. Happy people know their purpose, have courage to fight for it and strength to keep going.

  Rita Ora

  Believe, Fighting, People

  "Rita Ora Gives GLAM4GOOD Her Definition of Beauty, and Tells What She Wears for Good Luck" by Mary Alice Stephenson, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2014.

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• You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Shoes

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

  Rod Steiger

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• When you know the knower within, you don't need to know further. When you know the meditator within, you don't need to meditate further. When you truly know the worshiper in you, you are to be worshiped.

  Amit Ray

  Needs, Knows, Within You

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• Authenticity and knowing who you are is fundamental to being an effective and long-standing leader.

  Ann M. Fudge

  Long, Leader, Fundamentals

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• I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

  Helen Keller

  Gratitude, Adversity, Christian Inspirational

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• I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

  Rob Lowe

  Maturity, Thinking, Knowing

  "Lowe profile" by Jessica Berens, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2001.

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• No man should be angry with what is true.

  Plato

  Men, Should, Angry

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• God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot. Each time our wrongdoing cuts the string, God ties another knot drawing us up closer to Him.

  Meister Eckhart

  Cutting, Drawing, Ties

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• The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Snakes, Skins, Shed

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.63, Penguin

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• Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Being Happy With Yourself, Knowing, Happy With Yourself

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• Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Success, Character, Divorce

  "A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1999.

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• The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down.

  Joseph Campbell

  Dragons, Ego, Within You

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.184, Anchor

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• I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.

  Donald Miller

  Thinking, Understanding, Stories

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• It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Self, Looks, Backwards

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.87, BookBaby

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• Humility: The realization of our dependence on God. I have always had strong feelings about that word regardless of what anyone's background might be. One of the common denominators of greatness is acknowledging that dependence. As power comes from Charity, power also comes from knowing who you are, a divine offspring of a divine being.

  Hyrum W. Smith

  Success, Peace, Strong

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• Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, and state. Bigger than. Vaster than. That there is no reason to use drugs because anything a drug could do would pale in comparison to knowing who you are.

  Geneen Roth

  Fear, Drug, Feelings

  Geneen Roth (2011). “Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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