Who We Are Quotes - Page 32

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

  Brandon Mull

  Different, Use, Posse

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

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• The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.

  Michelle Obama

  Fashion, Art, Nice

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• You don't have to agree with me, but I think the heart of who we are stays pretty much the same," Hope said, "What changes is how those core traits manifest themselves over time.

  Megan McCafferty

  Heart, Thinking, Said

  Megan McCafferty (2007). “Fourth Comings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.337, Broadway Books

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• Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.

  Cameron Dokey

  Life, Long, Stories

  Cameron Dokey (2012). “Once: Before Midnight; Golden; Wild Orchid”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• And the best way to know who we are is often to find out how others see us.

  Paulo Coelho

  Way, Knows, Witch Of Portobello

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• Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?" - "That's the eternal question, isn't it? Are we born who we are, or do we make ourselves that way?

  Jodi Picoult

  Mirrors, Looks, Way

  Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Thinking, Determine

  "The Love of God". www.lds.org. October, 2009.

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• We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be.

  James A. Baldwin

  Goal, Minorities, Firsts

  "Gay Rights Speech: What Should Obama Say Tonight?" by Jose Antonio Vargas, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• We all remain who we are. But on the way to healing or liberation we have to do what the Romans called agere contra: we have to act against the grain of our natural compulsions. This requires clear decisions. Because it does not happen by itself, it is in a way "unnatural" or "supernatural" . . . (we) simply have to cut loose now and then, and in the process . . . make mistakes.

  Richard Rohr

  Mistake, Healing, Cutting

  Richard Rohr, Andreas Ebert (2001). “The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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• When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Pain, Real

  "35 Maya Angelou Quotes That Changed My Life" by J.N. Salters, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2014.

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• I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the most essential part of who we are and is buried deep in all of us as a source of wisdom and strength and healing which we can draw upon or, with our terrible freedom, not draw upon as we choose. I think that among other things all real art comes from that deepest self - painting, writing music, dance, all of it that in some way nourishes the spirit.

  Frederick Buechner

  Art, Real, Believe

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• What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that's what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.

  Terry Brooks

  Identity, Where We Come, Adrift

  Terry Brooks (2012). “A Knight Of The Word: The Word and the Void: Book Two”, p.212, Hachette UK

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• I understood that at the core, our essence is made of pure love. We are pure love-every single one of us. How can we not be, if we come from the Whole and return to it? I knew that realizing this meant never being afraid of who we are. Therefore, being love and being our true self is one and the same thing!

  Anita Moorjani

  Self, Essence, Return

  FaceBook post by Anita Moorjani from May 06, 2013

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• We cannot achieve our wildest dreams by remaining who we are

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Achieve, Wildest Dreams

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Principles for Graduates: Create Success in Life One Day at a Time”, p.35, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Movement is my medicine, my meditation, my metaphor and my method, a living language we can rely upon to tell us the truth about who we are, who we are with, and where we are going. There is no dogma in the dance.

  Gabrielle Roth

  Medicine, Rely Upon, Meditation

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• If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

  Paulo Coelho

  People, Shining, Temptation

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• The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

  Mark Nepo

  Real, Practice, Lasting

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• Love isn’t just something we feel for others, it’s who we are. Though we usually think of love as a stream of emotion flowing between two people, love is more like an ocean that’s inside and all around us. Instead of walking around with a little cup, begging for a few drops of love from others, recognize that you’re the huge ocean of love.

  Marci Shimoff

  Ocean, Thinking, Love Is

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• In the tapestry of life, we're all connected. Each one of us is a gift to those around us helping each other be who we are, weaving a perfect picture together.

  Anita Moorjani

  Perfect, Together, Weaving

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

  Henri Nouwen

  Beloved, Moments, Claims

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

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• The soul is the truth of who we are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Soul

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• To become who we are as creatures made in the image and likeness of God, we have to be nothing and everything at once, since this is what God is. ... If we accept who we are, we are manifesting God and radiating Christ. The latter unfolding of the divine life within us does not need to go anywhere
  or do anything special.

  Thomas Keating

  Special, Doe, Needs

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• As we weep for what we have lost, and as we grieve for family and friends and we confront the challenge that is before us, I want us to remember who we are. We are Queenslanders. We're the people that they breed tough, north of the border. We're the ones that they knock down, and we get up again.

  Anna Bligh

  Grieving, People, Community

  Press Conference In EMQ, Kedron, statements.qld.gov.au. January 13, 2011.

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• In this role my wish is to build our understanding of what it means to protect the rights and human dignity of all Australians. Upholding human rights is about looking out for each other, taking the idea of fairness seriously. And it goes to the heart of who we are as a nation.

  Mick Dodson

  Heart, Mean, Rights

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• I truly believe that the job of an actor and the drive of an actor is simulating the internal journey in life which is to get deeper and deeper into our understanding of who we are.

  Hugh Jackman

  Jobs, Believe, Journey

  FaceBook post by Hugh Jackman from Jun 09, 2013

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