Where We Come Quotes

• The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Being Strong, Stay Strong

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2375, Manonmani Publishers

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• It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

  Terry Pratchett

  Important, Where You Come, Where You Are

  FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Aug 31, 2015

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• We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from.

  Michael Hudson

  Inspirational, Moving On, Moving Forward

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• Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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• I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.

  Abigail Washburn

  Believe, Opportunity, Giving

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• We're all where we come from. We all have our roots.

  John Guare

  Roots

  "John Guare: Strangers in the Dark". Interview with Tana Wojczuk, www.guernicamag.com. March 19, 2012.

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• Where we come from does not determine who we can become. What we look like places no limits on what we can achieve. We should all have the right to express ourselves, all have the right to be heard, all have the right to be what we can be: To reach for the sky and touch the stars. No matter who we are, no matter whether we are man or woman, or rich or poor:
  My voice, my right. My voice counts.

  Desmond Tutu

  Stars, Men, Rich Or Poor

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• Always remember where we come from, how we got here, and Who led us into the warmth of the sunshine.

  Glenn Beck

  Sunshine, Remember, Warmth

  Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright (2008). “The Christmas Sweater”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Memories, Matter

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• Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Life, Perks Of A Wallflower, Stills

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

  Alan Rickman

  Destiny, Government, People

  "Interview: Alan Rickman on “Nobel Son”". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. December 4.

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• Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

  Brené Brown

  Inspirational Life, Giving, Purpose

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.18, Penguin

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• If you don't know where you are, you don't know who you are.

  Wendell Berry

  Journey, Hiking, Sauntering

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• If we don't know where we are going, it can be helpful to know where we come from.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Helpful, Knows, Ifs

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• It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

  Benjamin Carson

  Helping Others, Matter, Doe

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• So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Inspiring, Hard Times, Trying

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Who We Are, Perks Of A Wallflower, Reason

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that's what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.

  Terry Brooks

  Identity, Adrift, Who We Are

  Terry Brooks (2012). “A Knight Of The Word: The Word and the Void: Book Two”, p.212, Hachette UK

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• Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

  Pope Benedict XVI's Address delivered during The General Audience on Ash Wednesday In St. Peter’s Square, zenit.org. March 1, 2006.

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• Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the main concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection; the fear that something we have done or failed to do, something about who we are or where we come from, has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection.

  Brené Brown

  Giving, Connections, Purpose

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• Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.

  Emily Giffin

  Past, Important, Who We Are

  Emily Giffin (2014). “The Emily Giffin Collection: Volume 2: Baby Proof, Where We Belong, Heart of the Matter”, p.1075, St. Martin's Press

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• All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

  Rita Dove

  Thinking, Childhood, Alive

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• I believe in an individual soul which travels through eternity. This life is far from all there is--in fact, it is a minute part, simply an antechamber, a deciding place where we choose the light from the dark, where we come to know what we truly value.

  Anne Perry

  Believe, Dark, Light

  Anne Perry (2010). “The Silent Cry: A William Monk Novel”, p.299, Ballantine Books

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• The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center.

  William H. Whyte

  Cities, Rivers, Together

  William H. Whyte (2012). “City: Rediscovering the Center”, p.7, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Mistake, Mean, Recovery

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