CURATED COLLECTION

Becoming Who You Are

Identity is not a fixed destination but a continuous, often uncomfortable act of becoming.

36 quotes found

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I was not made for perfection. I was made to try and to be my best.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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We are more than what was done to us.

—Earl LovelaceNovelist & Playwright

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Own your journey. No two paths are the same.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, after a long struggle with the self.

—George SandNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.

—Simone de BeauvoirExistentialist Philosopher & Feminist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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No one saves us but ourselves. We ourselves must walk the path.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my own ship.

—Louisa May AlcottNovelist & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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You may shoot me with your words, but still, like air, I'll rise.

—Maya AngelouPoet, Memoirist & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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You are not a museum of mistakes. You are a gallery of scars and stories.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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I'm still learning how to love myself.

—CelesteScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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To be yourself is the greatest challenge. You have to be strong enough to do it.

—Marilyn MonroeActress

Post-War ERA • North America

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Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up when you can't control the outcome.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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My struggles made me stronger, made me who I am. I wouldn't change anything.

—TemsScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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I must learn to be content with my lot.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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I had to redefine myself, to find my own identity as an artist.

—Ibrahim El-SalahiArtist

Digital Age ERA • North Africa

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I am a living symbol of what this country has gone through.

—Winnie Madikizela-MandelaActivist & Politician

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

—John MiltonPoet & Intellectual

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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You have flowers growing out of your scars. What a beautiful thing.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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