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Martin “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones tags: identity 12358 likes Like Charlotte Brontë “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women 12108 likes Like Oscar Wilde “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” ― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis tags: identity, opinions 10357 likes Like Chuck Palahniuk “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters tags: identity, originality 6035 likes Like Patrick Rothfuss “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind tags: identity, self-image, sense-of-self, stories, storytelling 4868 likes Like William Shakespeare “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” ― William Shakespeare tags: hamlet, identity, possibilities 4715 likes Like Orson Scott Card “Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.” ― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game tags: identity, pretend 4019 likes Like Ralph Ellison “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” ― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man tags: freedom, identity, independence, self-awareness, self-discovery 3789 likes Like Coco Chanel “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” ― Coco Chanel, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman tags: be-yourself, empowerment, girls, identity, individuality, self-determination, women 3201 likes Like Chuck Palahniuk “You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club tags: identity 3018 likes Like Mahatma Gandhi “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ― Mahatma Gandhi tags: attributed-no-source, discovery, identity, self-discovery, service 2836 likes Like Harvey Fierstein “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein tags: be-yourself, identity, individuality, inspirational, life, self-determination, self-esteem, self-expression 2802 likes Like Gabriel García Márquez “He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera tags: birth, identity, life, self 2373 likes Like Charlotte Brontë “I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, ideal-woman, identity, image, independence, integrity, love, men, realism, romance, self-awareness, self-determination, women 2125 likes Like Chuck Palahniuk “We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke tags: identity 1827 likes Like Sylvia Beach “I am a citizen of the world.” ― Sylvia Beach tags: citizenship, identity, world 1613 likes Like Neil Gaiman “Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you'll see the world If I'm not mistaken... Kiss a lover Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure... Face your life Its pain, Its pleasure, Leave no path untaken.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book tags: awakening, choice, dance, identity, individuality, life, love, name, pain, pleasure, sleep, treasure 1278 likes Like Pascal Mercier “We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.” ― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon tags: home, identity, leaving, life, moving-on, past, travel 1115 likes Like Veronica Roth “I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.” ― Veronica Roth, Allegiant tags: identity, love, loyalty, tris 1106 likes Like Henri J.M. Nouwen “Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen tags: beloved, christianity, faith, feelings, identity, rejection, self, spiritual-life, spiritual-warfare, success, temptation, truth 1079 likes Like Nick Hornby “All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.” ― Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree tags: books, identity, individuality 987 likes Like Maggie Stiefvater “I said uselessly, "Sam, don't go." Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. Please.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver tags: identity, parting, sadness, separation, wolf 977 likes Like William Goldman “Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment.” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride tags: anonymity, consequence, identity, importance, inquisitiveness 893 likes Like Steve Jobs “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice." [Stanford University commencement speech, 2005]” ― Steve Jobs tags: apple-computer-inc, identity, independence, inner-voice, life, steve-jobs 892 likes Like Betty Friedan “It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.” ― Betty Friedan tags: completion, feminism, identity, independence, living-vicariously, self-discovery, strength 812 likes Like Jeanette Winterson “I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.” ― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit tags: homosexuality, identity, lesbian, life, religion, romance, thoughts 686 likes Like Philip K. Dick “You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life. Everywhere in the universe.” ― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? tags: identity, life, science 684 likes Like George Bernard Shaw “Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....” ― George Bernard Shaw tags: anti-patriotism, identity, nation, nationalism, politics 677 likes Like Suzanne Collins “Why not? It's true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and..." He hesitates. And what?" I say. I don't know how to say it exactly. Only... I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?" he asks. I shake my head. How could he die as anyone but himself? "I don't want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I'm not." I bite my lip feeling inferior. While I've been ruminating on the availability of trees, Peeta has been struggling with how to maintain his identity. His purity of self. "Do you mean you won't kill anyone?" I ask. No, when the time comes, I'm sure I'll kill just like everybody else. I can't go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to... to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games," says Peeta. But you're not," I say. "None of us are. That's how the Games work." Okay, but within that frame work, there's still you, there's still me," he insists. "Don't you see?" A little, Only... no offense, but who cares, Peeta?" I say. I do. I mean what else am I allowed to care about at this point?" he asks angrily. He's locked those blue eyes on mine now, demanding an answer.” ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games tags: grace, identity 651 likes Like Beatrice Sparks “I'm not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I've gotten from books.” ― Beatrice Sparks, Go Ask Alice tags: identity, sense-of-self 560 likes Like « previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 73 74 next » All Quotes | My Quotes | Add A Quote Browse By Tag identity____________ Search * Love Quotes 75k * Life Quotes 58k * Inspirational Quotes 55.5k * Humor Quotes 36k * Philosophy Quotes 22.5k * God Quotes 20k * Inspirational Quotes Quotes 18.5k * Truth Quotes 18.5k * Wisdom Quotes 16.5k * Romance Quotes 16k * Poetry Quotes 15.5k * Death Quotes 15k * Happiness Quotes 14.5k * Hope Quotes 13.5k * Faith Quotes 13k * Writing Quotes 12k * Inspiration Quotes 12k * Quotes Quotes 12k * Religion Quotes 11k * Success Quotes 10.5k * Life Lessons Quotes 10k * Relationships Quotes 10k * Motivational Quotes 10k * Time Quotes 9.5k * Knowledge Quotes 9.5k * Love Quotes Quotes 9k * Spirituality Quotes 8.5k * Science Quotes 8.5k * Education Quotes 8k * Books Quotes 8k Company * About us * Careers * Terms * Privacy * Help Work with us * Authors * Advertise * Authors & ads blog * API Connect Goodreads on Facebook Goodreads on Twitter Goodreads on Instagram Goodreads on LinkedIn Download app for iOS Download app for Android * © 2020 Goodreads, Inc. * Mobile version Welcome back. 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