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Who We Are Quotes - Page 5

We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.

We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.

Robert Neelly Bellah (1985). “Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life”, p.84, Univ of California Press

We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.

Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2010). “Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

Growth and transformation occur not by changing who we are, but as we summon the courage to be who we are.

Katrina Kenison (2013). “Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment”, p.67, Hachette UK

What has to be forgiven is not just what we do but who we are, not just our sinning but our sinfulness, not just our choices but what we have chosen in place of God.

David F. Wells (2008). “The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World”, p.167, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

So much of who we are is where we have been.

William Langewiesche (2011). “Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert”, p.46, Vintage

Our greatest strength comes not from what we possess, but from what we believe; not from what we have, but from who we are.

Acceptance speech delivered to the Democratic Party's national convention, www.cnn.com. July 21, 1996.

From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.

Henri Nouwen (2013). “Discernment: Reading the signs of daily life”, p.169, SPCK

We walk through so many myths of each other and ourselves; we are so thankful when someone sees us for who we are and accepts us.

Natalie Goldberg (2005). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.18, Shambhala Publications