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Religion is a way of making sense of the world and finding a place within it.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
There is no god but God, and Muhammad is His messenger.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
From Atomic Habits by James Clear
The elements have their own personalities, quirks, and histories that tell us much about ourselves.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The stories we tell during rituals shape our identities.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Your body language may shape who you are.
His followers believed he was the Messiah, but his identity was complex and multifaceted.
From Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
Embrace the full spectrum of who you are.
From More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are by Elaine Welteroth
In order to be oneself, one must be recognized by others.
Consciousness is what makes us human.
We have always already been in the posthuman.
From The Neuromancer by William Gibson
Challenge the narratives that tell you who you should be.
From The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
To will oneself free is to will oneself as a subject that transcends itself.
Jewish history is marked by a continuous struggle for survival and identity.
A writer is someone who has written something.
From Draft No. 4 by John McPhee
She was a real human being, and I was a real human being.
From The Neuromancer by William Gibson
I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.
From What Would Frida Do? by Arianna Davis
If you can’t find a way to be yourself, you can’t be anything at all.
Judaism is not only a religion; it is also a culture and a way of life.
When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.
From Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
It's not about what you do, it's about who you are.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Your fear is the most boring thing about you.
From Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
We must not be ashamed to be ourselves.
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
From The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
The thing that makes me different is the thing that makes me.
From Untamed by Glennon Doyle
I think, therefore I am.
Shame is not a part of our identity.
The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in.
From Dune by Frank Herbert
We are not only figuratively but literally stardust.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
You are not the problem; the system is.
From The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
I was not a coward. I was a coward.
The stories we tell ourselves shape the very fabric of our reality.
Religious narratives can shape identities and justify actions.
From Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong
I am not perfect, but I am enough.
From Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Introverts often feel like they have to put on a mask.
I want to know what you think of me. I want to be loved.
From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fear is a liar; it tells you that you are not enough.
From Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
The Samurai are not warriors; they are a unique form of life.
From Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Programmers are not just code monkeys.
The more I know myself, the more I can share with the world.
From More Myself by Alicia Keys
The story of genetics is a story of humanity.
From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
What we know matters, but who we are matters more.
From Rising Strong by Brené Brown
We are all mad here; some of us are just better at hiding it.
Everyone has a unique story and a unique path to take.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
We are both the creators and victims of our own narratives.
We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings.
From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
To be free is to be a self-consciousness.
Understanding the brain opens the door to understanding ourselves.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
The stories we live by shape our identities and our realities.
Rituals are the stories we tell ourselves about who we are.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
In every real man, a child is hidden that wants to play.
The world needs introverts to be themselves.
Daring to be yourself in a world that demands conformity is an act of rebellion.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Not all those who wander are lost.
From The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I am not a role model. I am just a guy who plays tennis.
From Open by Andre Agassi
The interplay of biology and culture shapes who we are.
From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
You are what you repeatedly do.
From Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
We are all creative, but we may not all be artists.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The individual is not a unit of the social order.
From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Stop dimming your light to fit in.
You don’t have to be a genius, you just have to be yourself.
From Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
One can be both a fox and a hedgehog, but often one takes precedence.
You are not the problem; the problem is the problem.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
You are the sum of your habits.
From Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron
The stories we tell ourselves shape the way we interact with the world.
From The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
True empowerment comes from embracing who we are, not who others want us to be.
From The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez
The world needs you to be you.
From Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
The stories of our ancestors are the threads that weave our identity.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
To know the world is to know oneself.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
From The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Your story is unique and deserves to be told.
From Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley
A library is not just a place to find books; it is a place to find oneself.
From The Library Book by Susan Orlean
I embrace my flaws because they are a part of my story.
From More Myself by Alicia Keys
I leave you my portrait. I am the one who has never been able to make a decision.
From The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
We are all strange loops.
Saying yes is a way of discovering who you are.
From Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Our stories are the threads that connect us.
From More Than Ready by Cecilia Muñoz
We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.
From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
We must own our narratives.
From That's What She Said by Joanne Lipman
When you think about it, we are all just bags of organs.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
You are not your worries; you are your wonders.
From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae
A man is what he believes.
You are not your circumstances. You are your decisions.
From What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
Your personal brand begins with how you communicate.
From Speak Like a CEO by Suzanne Bates
Our bodies are a collection of stories waiting to be told.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
What we eat says more about us than we often realize.
We need to own our stories.
From Wolfpack by Abby Wambach
Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.
From Becoming by Michelle Obama
Atheism is a religion for people who don't like religion.
From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
We are the product of our biology, our environment, and our culture.
From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
It’s okay to be ambitious and still want to be a good mother.
From Drop the Ball by Tiffany Dufu
Muslims must reclaim their religion from the extremists.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.