133 Finding Yourself Quotes

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Famous Finding Yourself Quotes

To find yourself, you must first lose yourself — Jared Leto

It's not about finding a home so much as finding yourself — Jason Behr

To find yourself, think for yourself. - Socrates

To find yourself, think for yourself. — Socrates

Sometimes when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF. — Mandy Hale

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself. — Myles Munroe

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else. — Mariska Hargitay

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. — Thomas Szasz

One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself. — Norman Vincent Peale

Finding oneself and one's path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow — Rasheed Ogunlaru

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs. — Kristin Hannah

You never find yourself until you face the truth. - Pearl Bailey

You never find yourself until you face the truth. — Pearl Bailey

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. — Henry David Thoreau

Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying. — Robert E. Terwilliger

You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things. — Carl Jung

Discover yourself, otherwise you have to depend on other people's opinions who don't know themselves. — Osho

Short Finding Yourself Quotes

  • Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it. — Alicia Keys
  • You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present. — Eckhart Tolle
  • Experience nature, and in doing so learn about yourself. — Japanese Proverbs
  • Experience the beauties of nature, and in doing so learn about yourself. — Japanese Proverbs
  • Spring is a time to find out where you are, who you are, and move toward where you are going. — Penelope Trunk
  • Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world. — Thomas Moore
  • Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be — Alan Watts
  • In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. — Deepak Chopra
  • Relax, you're on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you. — Melody Beattie
  • Before you can find God, you must lose yourself. — Baal Shem Tov

Top 10 Finding Yourself Quotes

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Mahatma Gandhi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. — Mark Twain

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. — George Bernard Shaw

If you don’t find a way to love a flawed person, secretly you’re teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws. — T. D. Jakes

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you. — Groucho Marx

He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely. — St. Catherine of Siena

If you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you'll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies. — Malcolm X

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize? — Marcus Aurelius

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life. — Pablo Neruda

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Finding Yourself Image Quotes

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. - Marvin Gaye quote

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. — Marvin Gaye

You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself. - English Proverbs quote

You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself. — English Proverbs

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. - Deepak Chopra quote

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. — Deepak Chopra

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. - Joseph Campbell quote

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. — Joseph Campbell

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself. - Mariah Carey quote

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself. — Mariah Carey

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. - Mo Willems quote

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. — Mo Willems

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging. - Will Rogers quote

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging. — Will Rogers

Find in yourself those human things which are universal. - Sanford Meisner quote

Find in yourself those human things which are universal. — Sanford Meisner

Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths. - Rumi quote

Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths. — Rumi

Finding yourself quote For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're
For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and, if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

Happiness Finding Yourself Quotes

When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you. — Nouman Ali Khan

Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness. — Fulton J. Sheen

Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out. — Tina Turner

Finding yourself quote Everyone comes with baggage. Find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack.
Everyone comes with baggage. Find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack.

Find something that is a happy, healthy alternative to hurting yourself, as opposed to taking a razor blade to yourself because at the end of the day, you're only hurting the most important person in the world and that's you. And you don't want to hurt that person. — Andy Biersack

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. — Henry David Thoreau

To look into that persons eyes and find yourself so completely lost in another world, a world full of absolute comfort and happiness. — Lily Collins

Finding yourself quote When you start seeing your worth, you'll find it harder to stay around people who don't.
When you start seeing your worth, you'll find it harder to stay around people who don't.

Don’t find someone that makes you happy. Make yourself happy then find someone. — Steven Bartlett

Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek. — Xavier Rudd

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with. — Tyler Perry

Life Is About Finding Yourself Quotes

The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it’s about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion. — Ed Stetzer

Life is not about finding yourself. It's mostly about chocolate. T-Shirt — Darynda Jones

God is within you. You yourself are your creator. If you find that place in yourself from which you brought this thing about, you will be able to live with it and affirm it, perhaps even enjoy it, as your life. — Joseph Campbell

Finding yourself quote The woman who follows the crowd will usually go on further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone
The woman who follows the crowd will usually go on further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently. — Leonard Orr

If you think you cannot do it, you set yourself up to fail anyway. Maybe it will take one more try to do it, and that is what life is about. If you don't get it right on the first try, you try again. You keep doing it and doing it until you find success! — Benoit Lecomte

I guess what I find so interesting about memory, and its role in a person's identity, is how the attempt to achieve accuracy requires you to remove yourself from your life in an authorial manner. — Heidi Julavits

Finding yourself quote You must be willing to leave the life that you planned in order to find the one waiting for you.
You must be willing to leave the life that you planned in order to find the one waiting for you.

Try and benefit others, animals, the whole of the earth, as much as you can. And in that space, challenge yourself to find what it is you can bring about through your life's work. — Stephanie Ellis

If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is good in your life and all that you appreciate. — Stephen G. Post

Life is all about finding challenges for yourself that you want to try to achieve. — Dominic Monaghan

Journey Of Finding Yourself Quotes

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey. — Tad Williams

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away. — Deepak Chopra

As Dante says in the beginning of the Inferno, 'In the midst of life's journey I found myself in a dark wood, for the right path was lost.' I think we're all doing that, in our various ways Looking for our Selves in the dark wood. I hope you find yourself on your journey. — Christopher Vogler

Finding yourself quote What's meant to be will always find its way. Always.
What's meant to be will always find its way. Always.

Develop strength and control at an early age and embrace love coupled with a selfless heart. Only then, will you find true peace in your heart and begin the journey to the best version of yourself and the best days of your life. — Tony Gaskins

Try to find fellowship... And try to find sisterhood... And try to find that village that can help you support your journey and your kids and your experiences. Never lose a sense of yourself throughout the process, and still pursue your dreams as a mom. — Nia Long

Love is the secret you unmask yourself to find; it is the foundation of the spiritual life, the destination where all roads of the journey lead. — Elizabeth Lesser

Finding yourself quote I lost myself trying to please everyone else. Now I'm losing everyone while I'm finding myself.
I lost myself trying to please everyone else. Now I'm losing everyone while I'm finding myself.

I am praetor of the legion," Reyna said. "I judge this to be in the best interest of Rome." "To get yourself killed? To break our oldest laws and travel to the Ancient Lands? How will you even find their ship, assuming you survive the journey?" [Octavian] "I will find them," Reyna said. — Rick Riordan

Losing And Finding Yourself Quotes

Lose yourself in nature and find peace - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lose yourself in nature and find peace — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Healthy attachment doesn’t mean losing yourself in someone else; it’s about finding a balance between closeness and individuality. — Amir Levine

Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find. — St. Catherine of Siena

Finding yourself quote You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.
You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose. — Gordie Howe

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave -- win or lose. — Gordie Howe

once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be, or lose that person completely. — H. G. Wells

Finding yourself quote Every time you find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.
Every time you find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.

Pilgrimage means being alert to the times when all that's needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to the times when what's needed is a journey to a sacred place, in all its glorious and fearsome masks, to find yourself. — Phil Cousineau

If you find yourself concentrating on the technology rather than the sociology, you're like the vaudeville character who loses his keys on a dark street and looks for them on the adjacent street because, as he explains, "The light is better there." — Tom DeMarco

Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. — C. S. Lewis

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

Being Alone And Finding Yourself Quotes

If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone. — Cesar Chavez

Good journalism is being criminalized or otherwise rendered perilous to its best practitioners. Attack a government agency like the CIA, or a Fortune 500 member ..., or the conduct of the military in Southeast Asia and you find yourself in deep trouble, naked and often alone. — Daniel Schorr

The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them with a nervous grin. Don't turn up the TV and pretend they aren't there. Instead, stand still, whisper his name, and listen. He is nearer than you think. — Max Lucado

Finding yourself quote The two most important days in your life are the day you are born... and the day you find out why.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born... and the day you find out why.

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party. — Dylan Thomas

I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself. — Mackenzie Davis

What is meant to be, will always find its way. And when your down and feeling alone, just wanna run away, trust yourself and don't give up. You know you better than anyone else. — Hilary Duff

Finding yourself quote How amazing is it to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go in your head.
How amazing is it to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go in your head.

(...)how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing the blind, deaf stone alone with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head. — Christopher McCandless

Lost Finding Yourself Quotes

If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You have to reorientate yourself quickly and find a new plan in the new situation. — David Bronstein

Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes. — Annie Dillard

If, in moving through your life, you find yourself lost, go back to the last place where you knew who you were, and what you were doing, and start from there. — Bernice Johnson Reagon

I lost you when you left me to find yourself. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Well, I was lost but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament! — Mitch Hedberg

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it--just don't get lost in it. — Ram Dass

Navigate by the same star, unwilling to change, and you find yourself not only off-course but lost. — Richard Bach

If you find yourself lost in the woods, build a house. "Well, I was lost, but now I live here!" — Mitch Hedberg

Think about all the good things of your life. Never think about your difficulties. Forget yourself, and concentrate on being of service as much as you can in this world, and then, having lost your lower self in a cause greater than yourself, you will find your higher self: your real self. — Peace Pilgrim

Originality is the most deadly mirage in all of art. You can chase it from now until doomsday, and you'll only find yourself lost and dying of thirst. — Caitlín R. Kiernan

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More Finding Yourself Quotes

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places. — Fridtjof Nansen

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this. — Henry David Thoreau

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life. — Frank Lloyd Wright

Change your conception of yourself and you will automatically change the world in which you live. Do not try to change people; they are only messengers telling you who you are. Revalue yourself and they will confirm the change. — Neville Goddard

But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite — Rick Riordan

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be. — Albert Camus

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace. — Paramahansa Yogananda

In those perfect moments you find beauty you never knew existed. You find yourself and you friends all over again, you find something to fight for, something to love. Something to show the world. — Gerard Way

Realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and stop finding fault with the reflection. Attend to yourself, set yourself right; mentally and emotionally. The physical self will follow automatically. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. — Sam Walton

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be. — Dale Carnegie

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless. — Jeff Cooper

If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are. — RZA

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. — Rumi

Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Find better company, find company of people better than yourself so you be surrounded with those best in character and so you may learn something. — Nouman Ali Khan

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you. — Hamza Yusuf

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world. — Patanjali

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