Quotes about Self-discovery

So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

I was completely nuts for most of my life.

Without silence, we will not get any closer to knowing who we are before God.

No one will know who we are... until we now who we are! We will be able to go anywhere until we know where we are!

My black brothers and sisters—no one will know who we are…until we know who we are! We never will be able to go anywhere until we know where we are!

I have learned to hate every drop of white rapist blood that is in me

I'm man enough to tell you that I can't put my finger on exactly what my philosophy is right now, but I'm flexible.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul

Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.

Look within. Within is the fountain of Good, ready always to well forth if thou wilt alway delve.