Quotes about Identity

When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun.

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

It's very hard to find your own words - and you don't actually exist until you have your own words.

You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.

Did you ever think that your body is holy? You are a child of God. Your body is His creation.

If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them.

Gay couples cannot have children. All they can do is recruit your child.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself, 'What makes me come alive?' Because what the world - a wife, a child - needs is men who have come alive.

The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

You have to have two personalities: your home personality and your work personality and the trick really is not to allow one of those personalities to drain the life out of the other.