Don't let others define you. Define yourself. — Ginni Rometty
Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself. — Billie Jean King
You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are… You create the identity you want for yourself. — Meghan Markle
Decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live. — Gianni Versace
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. — Henry Rollins
Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for — Oprah Winfrey
Either define the moment or the moment will define you. — Walt Whitman
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. — Brennan Manning
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. — Henry David Thoreau
Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice. — Terry Crews
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. — Audre Lorde
You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage. — H. Rap Brown
Whenever you define who you are, you limit yourself to what you may potentially be. — Ralph Smart
Short Define Yourself Quotes
You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way. — Carlos Castaneda
I don't like defining myself. I just am. — Britney Spears
To know oneself, one should assert oneself. — Albert Camus
When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you. — Kevin Costner
To find yourself, think for yourself. — Socrates
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it. — Hugh Hefner
Define Yourself Image Quotes
Don't let the past steal your present. Your past has not defined, deterred or defeated you. It has only strengthened who you are today.
Only You Can Define Yourself Quotes
You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are. — Eckhart Tolle
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything. — Mike Nichols
Define your priorities, know your values and believe in your purpose. Only then can you effectively share yourself with others. — Les Brown
Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.
You’re only responsible for yourself, Jess. And that’s the only person you can control. Other people will either get it or they won’t but you can’t define yourself by their opinions. — Susan Mallery
We decided that humility was defined not by self-deprecating behavior or attitudes but by the esteem with which you regard others... Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself - and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves, too. — Clayton Christensen
You Define Yourself Quotes
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome. — Maya Angelou
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. — Wayne Dyer
All negotiations are defined by a network of subterranean desires and needs. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the surface. Once you know that the Haitian kidnappers just want party money, you will be miles better prepared. — Chris Voss
My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me, it has only strengthened me.
The level of effort you tolerate from yourself will define your life. — Tom Bilyeu
Don’t ever sell yourself short. Stand tall. Never be ashamed of who you are. You are beautiful, you are loved. You are needed. You are worth it. Promise me you won’t forget that. Promise me you won’t let your scars define who you are. Let your trials shape you. Let your victories humble you. — Jennifer Nettles
Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about. — Tom Chappell
I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person
Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself. — Claire Shipman
Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
You are not defined by your environment unless you allow yourself to be. — T.I.
All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself. — Oprah Winfrey
Don't Define Yourself Quotes
Don't let yourself be defined by the past. It's done. All you have is now and the future. — Jason Evert
Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself. — Sayings
I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we. — Diana Wynne Jones
Don't let pain define you, let it refine you.
Keep on being a star in your own right. Keep on defining yourself. Don't be defined by others. — George Elliott Clarke
As actors we're like these vagabond artists, we have to be invited to perform so if you don't have a choice of options its very hard to define yourself. — Joel Kinnaman
Don't let the clothes or anyone define you...just be yourself whether in a pair of jeans or a ball gown. — Tweet
Two things define you : Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.
If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other's fantasies of you and eaten alive — Audre Lorde
I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself. — Terry Gross
Whenever you interact with people,don't be there primarily as a function or a role,But as a Field of conscious Presence — Eckhart Tolle
Don't define yourself by your body .. it's the infinite being that's connected to everything in the universe. — Rhonda Byrne
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
We must not allow others' limited perceptions to define us.
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
How Do I Write A Quotes
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. — Graham Greene
Today, everything I do from morning meditation on - eating breakfast, going for a walk, writing, reading, even recreation - is governed by one purpose only: how to give the very best account of my life that I can in the service of all. — Eknath Easwaran
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time." — Stephen King
I think it's very healthy to spend time alone .You need to know how to be alone and not defined by another person .
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions. — Michael Shannon
People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story. — Kevin Smith
What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper, write it in the present tense. You might begin by writing, 'I am so happy and grateful now that...' and then explain how you want your life to be in every area. — Bob Proctor
Judging a person does not define who they are... it defines who you are.
The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book. — James Rollins
You can write a song about a girl or you can write a song about walking down the shops, and it's fine. I just try and do something as meaningful as I can without trying to be a pretentious loser because it's genuinely just how I see things. — Matt Corby
Quite often when I record a song, writing it and making a demo is the big thing and, after that, I think, how do I actually translate this into real life? A lot of the time I think I can't be bothered. — Mick Jagger
Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there. — Candace Bushnell
How To Know Yourself Quotes
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun. — Josemaria Escriva
One thing that defines humans: if we can imagine it, we can do it.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. — George Sand
If you know how to keep yourself pleasant within, irrespective of what is happening around you, Ultimate Liberation cannot be denied to you. — Jaggi Vasudev
If you don't know yourself, you don't know your nature. If you don't know your nature, you don't know where to exist. By knowing your nature, knowing yourself, you know what to be and how to live. And that only comes from knowledge of self, knowing yourself. — RZA
So how do you make it as a mainstream entertainer? Who knows? But I think you have to be uncomfortable, right? You have to make yourself uncomfortable. All success stories depend on that. That's why I might start sleeping on hardwood floors and taking cold showers. — Logan Paul
Don't concern yourself too much with how you are going to achieve your goal - leave that completely to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord, and at the right time. — Earl Nightingale
I don't think anything can prepare you for a crew to come in and actually film you as yourself. It's kind of frightening to think that all of a sudden people are going to know how you are, and how you act on a day-to-day basis. — Elisha Cuthbert
Defining Myself Quotes
I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. — Sonia Sotomayor
I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a way to repair myself from the damages I suffered early on and to define my obligation, if I had any, to myself and my species. — Marlon Brando
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself — Amin Maalouf
One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define who you are. I never think of myself as being a woman CEO of this company. I think of myself as a steward of a great institution. — Ginni Rometty
When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself. — Paul Ryan
But I really resist categories – that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art – those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist. — Barbara Kruger
With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling. — Britney Spears
Sometimes at night I slipped into the studio and worked myself up into a rhythmic intoxication to come closer to the slowly rising character. I could feel how everything pointed toward a clearly defined dance figure. The richness of rhythmic ideas was overwhelming — Mary Wigman
I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way. — Kathy Bates
I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values. — Howard Schultz
Define You Quotes
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. — Barack Obama
Beauty is not defined by the clothes you wear or the makeup on your face BUT by the way you carry your struggles with smiles, hard work & love — Lauren Jauregui
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama
Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be. — Michael Josephson
When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. — Dr. Seuss
You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious. — Lynn Viehl
Refuse to give up, your mistakes don't define you.
They don't dictate where you're headed, they remind you. — T.I.
I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life. — Laverne Cox
What is Music? How do you define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, the rustle of leaves in Summer. Music is the far off peal of bells at dusk! Music comes straight from the heart and talks only to the heart: it is Love! Music is the Sister of Poetry and her Mother is sorrow! — Sergei Rachmaninoff
Identify Yourself Quotes
You never identify yourself with the shadows cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination. Therefore you should not identify yourself with this living body either. — Adi Shankara
Man up and settle down. The sooner a man can gain control, identify his wife, and be faithful to her, the more successful, and happy you will be in life. Being with one woman in a faithful relationship will cause you to be the happiest version of yourself. — Tony Gaskins
Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role! — Wei Wu Wei
Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. — Orson Welles
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying. — Robert E. Terwilliger
To identify yourself with your personality is more or less a reflex. You must see, when the reflex comes up, that it is a kind of feeling of insecurity; you are looking for a hold. — Jean Klein
Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will. Will is bondage.You identify yourself with your desires and become their slave. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically. — Martha Stewart
The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself - for this is your true self. — Sri Aurobindo
Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of distress in your life and thinking about how to avoid that distress. — Epictetus
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. — Sheryl Sandberg
The Illusion of Knowledge is strongly supported by the Illusion of Self, particularly the ego. We identify ourselves with our knowledge. We defend what we know and get offended when it’s attacked. Since what we think is true is often different for different people, the attacks become frequent. It becomes a constant struggle to try to defend an ego. Undress. Leave your knowledge open to attacks. Be wise. Define yourself by openness to those who contradict what you 'know'. Be an explorer, a seeker of the truth, always ready to admit being wrong in order to continue the quest. — Mo Gawdat
Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength and your power? There are so many other things to focus on besides your waistline. — Mariska Hargitay
. . .There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. . . Their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, describe them even to yourself, words are useless. — Sara Zarr
I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets, really. — Treat Williams
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein
People aren't defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships. — Sayings
Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world? — Alan Watts
Take the time to define yourself and define your value. If you're having a hard time doing that, ask yourself: What is something I would say to someone I love? — Beyonce Knowles
So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself. — Alan Watts
It's a weird feeling when people are defining you, and you haven't even defined yourself. — Leonardo DiCaprio
Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself. — Earl Weaver
To define yourself is to limit yourself. Without labels you remain the infinite being. — Deepak Chopra
In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating. — Zygmunt Bauman
When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself. — Eckhart Tolle
Be willing to redefine yourself every day. — Deepak Chopra
If you define yourself as someone fixing education, there's nothing short-range you can do to fix education directly. It's labor intensive. You have to change the way people act. You have to convince people, and change people. — Deborah Meier
I'd define it as self-awareness: an ability to trust your own judgment. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself. — Joe
Right now the way I define beauty is individuality and wisdom, which I think creates a certain inner confidence. And not confidence in a way that's only on the surface, but a deep-down knowing of yourself or settling into who you are. — Alicia Keys
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