Who You Are Quotes

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.

There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars.

The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.

If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don't let them go. People like that are hard to find.

Sometimes it's what you don't do that makes you who you are.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.

I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge;

I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.

Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

When people walk away from you, let them go.

Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.

There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't.

What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me."

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can't practice patience.

He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral.

Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are beautiful.

Surround yourself with people who make you happy.

People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.

My wish for you is that you continue.

Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

Not everyone will be happy when you begin to better yourself.

Those who are for you will not just celebrate in your triumphs, but they will also pray with you through your tribulations.

You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some criticism from those who are jealous, petty or angry because they were left behind.

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends

You need to associate with people who inspire you, people that challenge you to raise higher, people that make you better. Don't waste your valuable time with people that are not adding to your growth. Your destiny is too important.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

My message to women: Do what makes you feel good, because there'll always be someone who thinks you should do it differently. Whether your choices are hits or misses, at least they're your own.

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.