Self Discovery Quotes - Page 5

• There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.191, Pan Macmillan

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• I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Sassy, Discovery

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.59, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book X, (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Confidence, Fear

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  Walden ch. 2 (1854)

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• In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

  Alice Walker

  Mother, Parenting, Garden

  "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" (1974)

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• The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.

  T. S. Eliot

  Travel, Adventure, Science

  Four Quartets "Little Gidding" pt. 5 (1942)

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• A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Fate, Journey, Destiny

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Aries, Selfless Service

  Vincent van Gogh (1971). “Van Gogh's "diary"; the artist's life in his own words and art”

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• Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspiring, Encouraging, Travel

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas about what love is or should be. When you love, everything will come right. Love has its own action.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Book, Blessing

  "Commentaries on Living".

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• When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings. You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.

  Byron Katie

  Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings, Suffering

  Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “A Thousand Names For Joy: How To Live In Harmony With The Way Things Are”, p.275, Random House

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• Doubt everything. Find your own light.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Light, Doubt

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• What is important in self-discovery is the person who keeps going, who has a smile, who is kind to others, who works hard at everything, and who keeps their mind on their own business and not everybody else's.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Hard Work, Buddhism

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• You've got to know yourself so you can at last be yourself.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Being Yourself, Discovery, Finding Yourself

  D. H. Lawrence (2008). “Fantasia of the Unconcious: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.73, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

  Plato

  Sports, Commitment, Land

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• True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.

  Adam Braun

  Discovery, Self, Comfort

  Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing. I might not ever fully know who I am, but I also believe that I could be whoever I want, whenever I want.

  Ian Simpson

  Believe, Discovery, Self

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.

  Abdul Kalam

  Fire, Wings, Giving

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.16, Universities Press

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• A wise man travels to discover himself.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Wise, Travel

  James Russell Lowell (1910). “Literary essays”

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• When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Discovery, Self

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• All education is self-discovery.

  Ray Bradbury

  Discovery, Self

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• Satsang is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will burn only what you are not.

  Mooji

  Fire, Discovery, Self

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