Quotes about Self-discovery

Outward pressure is always an opportunity to be inwardly transformed.

I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations.

I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to believe in myself and to work until something happens.

If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else's shadow, they might wilt.

The best way to be original is to be yourself.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.

Let the hard things in life break you. Let them effect you. Let them change you. Let these hard moments inform you. Let this pain be your teacher. The experiences of your life are trying to tell you something about yourself. Don't cop out on that. Don't run away and hide under your covers. Lean into it.

Pascal would not have needed to read this book. He wrote: "Not only do we only know God through Jesus Christ, but we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ; we only know life and death through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ we cannot know the meaning of our life, or our death, of God or of ourselves.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.

If someone has been trying to show you something about yourself and you continue to fight it, maybe it's time to acknowledge that you might be deceived.

If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack.