Quotes about Identity

Be true to who you are and the family name you bare.

Don't chase accomplishments , people or positions to find your worth. You're already loved as you are by the Father.

Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.

What matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me.

The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The black goddess within each of us - the poet - whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.

You see, it's one thing to accept Him as Lord, another to recognize Him as Savior - but it's another matter entirely to accept Him as Father.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

Stop living to please everyone else. God gave you a unique heart, so do what He wants you to do.

Do as Socrates did, never replying to the question of where he was from with, 'I am Athenian,' or 'I am from Corinth,' but always, 'I am a citizen of the world.'

I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along its shores.