Who You Are Quotes - Page 37

• Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are.

  Marlon Brando

  Character, Theatre

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• The funniest thing is when somebody says "Look I've no idea who you are but my friend said you are on a show and I just wanted to introduce myself" you know that they are lying! Those people can just get out of my way.

  Matthew Perry

  Funny, Lying, Ideas

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• You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.

  Anne Lamott

  Badass, Mistake, Women

  "Becoming the Person You Were Meant to Be: Where to Start" by Anne Lamott, www.oprah.com.

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• Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

  Harold S. Kushner

  People, Growth, Return

  Harold S. Kushner (2006). “Overcoming Life's Disappointments”, p.48, Anchor

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• When you are in relationship with people, in a thousand and one ways you are provoked, challenged, seduced. Again and again you come to know your pitfalls, your limitations, your anger, your lust, your possessiveness, your jealousy, your sadness, your happiness all moods come and go, you are constantly in a turmoil. But this is the only way to know who you are.

  Rajneesh

  Relationship, Sadness, People

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• But the law of magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Law, Magnetism

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.58, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

  Wayne Dyer

  Gratitude, Appreciate, Deficiency

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• We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything's possible. No matter who you are. No matter where you come from.

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Dream, Country

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 25 January 2011, Washington, D.C.

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• Without realizing who you are, happiness cannot come to you.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Realizing

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• You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.

  James Mattis

  Military, War, Broken

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• It's only five rappers out of Atlanta who bussin and I'm one of 'em; the other four you know who you are; but if you gotta think twice (well) shawty ya ain't nice; regardless of ya publishin' deal ya can't write

  T.I.

  Nice, Rap, Writing

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• Don’t ever sell yourself short. Stand tall. Never be ashamed of who you are. You are beautiful, you are loved. You are needed. You are worth it. Promise me you won’t forget that. Promise me you won’t let your scars define who you are. Let your trials shape you. Let your victories humble you.

  Jennifer Nettles

  Beautiful, Humble, Promise

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• Where you are is not who you are

  Ursula Burns

  Where You Are

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• The greatest gift that you could ever give to another is your own happiness, for when you are in a state of joy, happiness, or appreciation, you are fully connected to the stream of pure, positive Source Energy that is truly who you are. And when you are in that state of connection, anything or anyone that you are holding as your object of attention benefits from your attention.

  Esther Hicks

  Appreciation, Giving, Joy

  Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (2009). “Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires”, p.113, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?

  Julian Casablancas

  Winning, Wish, Wish You

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• Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake but you’re not supposed to question adults or your coach or your teacher because they make the rules. Maybe they know best but maybe they don’t. It all depends on who you are, where you come from.

  Michael Oher

  Teacher, Mistake, Ideas

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• That’s why courage is tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you’re doing something. I mean, any fool can have courage. But honor, that’s the real reason you either do something or you don’t. It’s who you are and maybe who you want to be.

  Michael Oher

  Real, Mean, Honor

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• Life isn't about how popular you are. What girl or boy you are dating or who you know. Life is about always being true to who you are or what you believe in. Never let anyone convince you that their way is better than your way. In the end all we have is our hearts.. and our minds. This is the reason we sing.. this is the reason we cry... this is why we live.

  Andy Biersack

  Girl, Believe, Heart

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

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• I had a goal, I had a dream... and at the end of the day no matter what people say to you as long as YOU know who you are as a person NOTHING else in the world
  matters.

  Andy Biersack

  Dream, Bvb, Long

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• It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.

  Bert McCracken

  Get Better, Proud, Just Being

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• The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will begin to reflect your true identity.

  Neil T Anderson

  True Identity, Christ, Behavior

  Neil T. Anderson, Dave Park (2008). “Stomping Out the Darkness: Discover Your True Identity in Christ and Stop Putting Up with the World's Garbage!”, p.26, Baker Books

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• In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others.

  Geoff Ryman

  Self, Stories

  Geoff Ryman (2013). “Paradise Tales: and Other Stories”, p.225, Small Beer Press

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• That’s what we were told—stand up for yourself. But that’s hard to do if you don’t know who you are.

  Shane Koyczan

  Stand Up For Yourself, Knows, Hard

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• Illness is the result of imbalance. Imbalance is a result of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are creates thoughts and actions that lead to an unhealthy lifestyle and eventually to illness.... Illness can thus be understood as a lesson you have given yourself to help you remember who you are.

  Barbara Brennan

  Remember Who You Are, Lessons, Imbalance

  Barbara Ann Brennan (2011). “Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field”, p.286, Bantam

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• My teaching influences who you are and who you become, I said, because insofar as I persuade you to change what you know, I can't help but persuade you to change who you are. A vast portion of who you are just is a matter of what you know.

  Marshall Gregory

  Teaching, Matter, Helping

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