Who We Are Quotes - Page 14

The real thing that we renounce is the tenacious hope that we could be saved from being who we are.

Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are.

We are none of us perfect, and...we learn to take these imperfections and make them only a small part of who we are

Nobodys life ever goes according to plan. So why do we keep on planning? Because that's how we know who we are. By what we intend to be. By what we try to become. And fail. I don't say 'fail'. I saw we aim and miss. But we still hit something.

Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must.

All of life is an announcement of who we are. The only question is whether this proclamation will be made by choice or by chance.

How can we truly understand who we are unless we know who we were and what we have the power to become?

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

And we're being attacked because of what we do, not because of who we are. And by refusing to talk about that, I'm afraid the American people, at least, don't have a good idea of just how dangerous the threat is that we face.

If we forget who we lost, then we forget who we once were, and if we forget who we once were, we lose sight of who we are now.

The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves makes us who we are.

You don't have to agree with me, but I think the heart of who we are stays pretty much the same," Hope said, "What changes is how those core traits manifest themselves over time.

It would be pretty impossible for us to separate our personal and professional lives, because so much of what we do comes from how we were raised and what we share and who we are.

If we continually let go of the moments, we let go of who we are and we lose ourselves.

We're all who we are endlessly.

Who we are, not just the services and products we provide, creates money.

Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are.

I think one of the reasons to be here on earth is to finally be who we are, at all times - to know and be predictable to ourselves.

I'm pretty much of the Shakespearean school. Dialogue is character. How we speak is who we are.

What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all?

Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are.

Situations reveal who we are, they don't create who we are.

Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.