Defining Yourself Quotes
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“It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents. Humility is the cornerstone of character, by which God judges our truth worth, and wisdom is the door he opens when we use it.”
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“We all have to escape from this thing called life sometimes. Maybe we use substances to do it. Maybe we use religion. Maybe we use exercise. Maybe we use anger. But we all have to do it. *How* we do it is what defines us.”
― Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
― Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
“What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it.”
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“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. I wasn’t interested in slotting myself into a passive role, waiting for Barack’s team to give me direction. After coming through the crucible of the last year, I knew that I would never allow myself to get that banged up again.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“I also often ask my guests about what they consider to be their invisible weaknesses and shortcomings. I do this because these are the characteristics that define us no less than our strengths. What we feel sets us apart from other people is often the thing that shapes us as individuals. This may be especially true of writers and actors, many of whom first started to develop their observational skills as a result of being sidelined from typical childhood or adolescent activities because of an infirmity or a feeling of not fitting in. Or so I’ve come to believe from talking to so many writers and actors over the years.”
― All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists
― All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists
“We usually don't realize the thing that is defining our identity until that thing is taken away.”
― Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters
― Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters
“What is a woman?
Her brothers' sister, her father's daughter,
Her husband's wife, her children's mother”
― Voices
Her brothers' sister, her father's daughter,
Her husband's wife, her children's mother”
― Voices
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