Who We Are Quotes - Page 17

• People who don't quite fit society, they are often kind of either under an awful lot of pressure or otherwise not acceptable to the mainstream and that tells us a lot about who we are. The people that don't fit are a great way of reflecting on all of us.

  Lenny Abrahamson

  People, Awful, Way

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• We change who we are to fit the exogenous of our time, and not just strategically or to our own advantage, sometimes sympathetically without our even knowing it for the betterment of the whole group.

  Meryl Streep

  Knowing, Groups, Sometimes

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• I think mothers and daughters are meant to give birth to each other, over and over; that is why our challenges to each other are so fierce; that is why, when love and trust have not been too badly blemished or destroyed, the teaching and learning one from the other is so indelible and bittersweet. We daughters must risk losing the only love we instinctively feel we can't live without in order to be who we are, and I am convinced this sends a message to our mothers to break their own chains, though they may be anchored in prehistory and attached to their own great grandmothers' hearts.

  Alice Walker

  Daughter, Mother, Teaching

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• This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are.

  Barack Obama

  War, Mean, Law

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• Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.

  Brené Brown

  Want, Matter, Knows

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.147, Penguin

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• We are so ruled by what people tell us we must be that we have forgotten who we are.

  Leo Buscaglia

  People, Forgotten

  LEO BUSCAGLIA, PH.D. (1982). “LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING”

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• The soul is the river of energy that animates who we are.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Rivers, Soul, Energy

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• What does it matter, if we tell the same old stories? ...Stories tell us who we are. What we’re capable of. When we go out looking for stories we are, I think, in many ways going in search of ourselves, trying to find understanding of our lives, and the people around us. Stories, and language tell us what’s important.

  Kameron Hurley

  Thinking, People, Understanding

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• Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.

  Simon Sinek

  Decisions We Make, Decision, Authenticity

  FaceBook post by Simon Sinek from Mar 08, 2012

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• The world is a reflection of who we are and if we don't like the reflection, it doesn't really help to break the mirror.

  Deepak Chopra

  Reflection, Mirrors, World

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• Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us.

  Virginia Hamilton

  Library, Forget

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• What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.

  Bob Taft

  Faith, Focus, September 11

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• I think that we should make the best of where we live and we all should be able to come back home to a place that is welcoming and represents who we are.

  David Bromstad

  Home, Thinking, Able

  "David Bromstad, Designer And HGTV Star, Talks 2013 Trends And Big Decor Mistakes". Interview with Rain Embuscado, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2013.

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• We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.

  Pema Chodron

  Loneliness, Compassion, Punishment

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.76, Shambhala Publications

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• We are all aliens to ourselves, and if we have any sense of who we are, it is only because we live inside the eyes of others.

  Paul Auster

  Eye, Aliens, Ifs

  Paul Auster (2012). “Winter Journal”, p.101, Faber & Faber

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• I see the angel Moroni, standing atop the temple, as a shining symbol of [our] faith. I love Moroni, because in a degenerate society, he remained pure and true. He is my hero. He stood alone. I feel somehow he stands atop the temple today, beckoning us to have courage, to remember who we are and to be worthy to enter the holy temple, to 'arise and shine forth,' to stand above the worldly clamor and to, as Isaiah prophesied, 'Come to the mountain of the Lord'-the holy temple.

  Elaine S. Dalton

  Hero, Angel, Shining

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• We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.

  Maya Angelou

  Pain, Needs, Language

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• If we are willing to allow our dark side to be a part of the whole of who we are, we will find it comes equipped with all the power, skill, intelligence, and force needed to do great things in the world.

  Debbie Ford

  Dark, Skills, World

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  The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.

  Gregg Popovich

  Way

  "Spurs' fortitude fueled title run" by J.A. Adande, www.espn.com. November 19, 2014.

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• Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

  Kristin Hannah

  Memories, Lasts, Ends

  Kristin Hannah (2014). “Fly Away”, p.81, Pan Macmillan

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• Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.

  Fred Rogers

  People, Feelings, Matter

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.29, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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  Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

  Angelina Jolie

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• Preaching, power, and persecution are all apart of who we are.

  George O. Wood

  Preaching, Persecution

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• Our scars reveal who we are. The fact that we have experienced profound suffering in life—the fact that we carry what may seem to be unsightly scars—does not disqualify us from following Jesus. It may be precisely what qualifies us.

  Jonathan Martin

  Jesus, Profound, Suffering

  Jonathan Martin (2013). “Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?”, p.89, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

  Tabatha Coffey

  Dream, Honesty, Believe

  "I Am a Bitch!" by Tabatha Coffey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.

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