Who We Are Quotes - Page 16

• I think if we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.

  Carl Sagan

  Thinking, Where We Came, Ifs

  Carl Sagan (2006). “The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God”, p.197, Penguin

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• Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm, or a leg, would we be less, would we begin to fade from existence? No. We are the same person. We are not our bodies; we are our thoughts. As they form, they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Body, Legs

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood of the Fold”, p.343, RosettaBooks

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• There has to be a balance, Vin," Elend said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Balance, Wish, Needs

  Brandon Sanderson (2008). “The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn”, p.189, Macmillan

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• Memory is essential to who we are, and memories can be both implicit and explicit - unconscious and conscious.

  Siri Hustvedt

  Memories, Essentials, Consciousness

  Siri Hustvedt (2010). “The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves”, p.38, Macmillan

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• People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what – and who – we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.

  Kofi Annan

  Hate, Teaching, People

  FaceBook post by Kofi Annan from Feb 14, 2017

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• We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Which leads me to my second point: writers do not write what they want, they write what they can.

  Zadie Smith

  Writing, Want, Leading Me

  "This is how it feels to me". www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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• As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them.

  Emily Giffin

  Thinking, Love And Friendship, I Smile

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Blue: A Novel”, p.348, Macmillan

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• It’s the little things that make us who we are in the bigger world.

  Miley Cyrus

  World, Littles, Little Things

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• Actions are not impostions on who we are, but are expressions of who we are. They come out of our heart and the inner realities it supervises and interacts with

  Dallas Willard

  Heart, Reality, Expression

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• Parenthood has the power to redefine every aspect of life - marriage, work, relationships with family and friends. Those helpless bundles of power and promise that come into our world show us our true selves- who we are, who we are not, who we wish we could be.

  Hillary Clinton

  Our World, Self, Work Relationships

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2012). “It Takes a Village”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• only a matter of time before it broke through our fragile web of denial, forcing us to confront the truth and acknowledge who we are: two people in love – a love that nobody else could possibly understand.

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Two, People, Denial

  Tabitha Suzuma (2012). “Forbidden”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

  Martin Heidegger

  Inspirational, Success, Destiny

  "NCIS: Endgame". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• That's why we feel so disoriented, irritated even, when these touchstones from our past are altered. We don't like it when our hometown changes, even in small ways. It's unsettling. The playground! It used to be right here, I swear. Mess with our hometown, and you're messing with our past, with who we are. Nobody likes that.

  Eric Weiner

  Past, Way, Likes

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• One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are

  Henri Nouwen

  Tragedy, Life Is, Forget

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• God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.

  Philip Yancey

  People, Who God Is, God Love

  Philip Yancey (2008). “What's So Amazing About Grace?”, p.45, Zondervan

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• So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Where We Come, Perks Of A Wallflower, Reason

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?

  Mary E. Pearson

  Differences, Details, Our Lives

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.113, Macmillan

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• We punch people, Valkyrie. That’s who we are. Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed.

  Derek Landy

  Fun, People, Embrace

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• Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.

  R. C. Sproul

  Prayer, Growing Knowledge, Important

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• There is a direct relationship between our personal experience with the Lord and how we see ourselves. The closer we grow to him, the more clear and complete becomes our vision of who we are, who we have always been, and who we may become.

  Sheri L. Dew

  Vision, May, Lord

  Sheri L. Dew (2001). “No Doubt about it”

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• 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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Sight, Forget, Lost

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• It is not always what we do, Sa'han, but who we love that makes us who we are. Quen

  Kim Harrison

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• To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is...

  Pema Chodron

  Pain, Prejudice, Passionate

  "The Wisdom of No Escape". Book by Pema Chödrön, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1991.

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• Everything that happens to us, good and bad, leaves a lasting impression in our souls. You take one part of that out, and you can completely rewrite something crucial about us. By and large, we're not shaped by the big things. It's the little, day-to-day moments that make us who we are. Who we're going to be. (Nekoda to Nick)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Soul, Lasting Impressions, Littles

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

  Patricia Briggs

  Perfect, Imperfection, Small Parts

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