Quotes about Identity
One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are
— Henri Nouwen
Not knowing who God made us to be, trying to be who we are not, or even just desiring to be someone else, can only lead to a life of misery, frustration, and unfulfillment.
— Stormie Omartian
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.
— John Wooden
To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.
— Napoleon Hill
I struggled with insecurity because I was trying to find my security in things. But when I began serving God with all my heart, my security was in Him.
— Jeremy Camp
My name had become a brand. (I have mixed emotions about that part of our (Christian media) industry, for sure.)
— Jeremy Camp
Lady, I'm like, a kryptonite member.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
We need to work at ensuring that our commitment to holiness is a commitment to God, not to our own self-esteem.
— Jerry Bridges
George MacDonald: "I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of. For to have been thought about—born in God's thoughts—and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking.
— Jerry Bridges
We cannot separate the history of a nation from the people of that nation.
— Jerry Bridges
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
— Jerry Bridges