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quote by Mary Engelbreit: Don’t look back -- you’re not going that way. with background image:

Don’t look back -- you’re not going that way.

--Mary Engelbreit
quote by Judy Garland: Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. with background image:

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

--Judy Garland
quote by Adam Braun: True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends. with background image:

True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.

--Adam Braun
quote by Andre Berthiaume: We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. with background image:

We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.

--Andre Berthiaume
quote by S. I. Hayakawa: It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about t… with background image:

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

--S. I. Hayakawa
quote by Thích Nhất Hạnh: Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or s… with background image:

Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.

--Thích Nhất Hạnh
quote by David Levithan: Because that's the thing about mean people: They make you think that the world will never work, that there are divides that you will fall i… with background image: photo of author David Levithan with quote: Because that's the thing about mean people: They make you think that the world will never work, that...

Because that's the thing about mean people: They make you think that the world will never work, that there are divides that you will fall into if you approach. It takes a whole lot of good people to fill in the breach created by a single mean one.

--David Levithan
quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: No one has ever learned fully to know themselves. with background image:

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
quote by Marc Chernoff: It's OK if you mess up, that's how you get wiser. Give yourself a break. And don't give up! Good things take time, and you're getting there. with background image:

It's OK if you mess up, that's how you get wiser. Give yourself a break. And don't give up! Good things take time, and you're getting there.

--Marc Chernoff
quote by Steve Maraboli: We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and yo… with background image:

We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.

--Steve Maraboli
quote by Lao-Tzu: It is wisdom to know others; It is enlightenment to know one's self. with background image:

It is wisdom to know others; It is enlightenment to know one's self.

--Lao-Tzu
quote by Viktor Frankl: The more one forgives himself-by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love-the more human he is and the more he actualiz… with background image:

The more one forgives himself-by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love-the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.

--Viktor Frankl
quote by Terrence Rafferty: What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you -- it's like the marriage between romantic l… with background image:

What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you -- it's like the marriage between romantic love and an arranged marriage.

--Terrence Rafferty
quote by Thomas Szasz: People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something that one finds. It is something that one… with background image:

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates.

--Thomas Szasz
quote by Rabbi Saul Rubin: We have stories to tell, stories that provide wisdom about the journey of life. What more have we to give one another than our 'truth' abou… with background image:

We have stories to tell, stories that provide wisdom about the journey of life. What more have we to give one another than our 'truth' about our human adventure as honestly and as openly as we know how?

--Rabbi Saul Rubin
quote by Thomas Lloyd Qualls: Sometimes a journey is not about the traveler. It is not about a destination. It is about the bringing together of worlds. It is about ligh… with background image:

Sometimes a journey is not about the traveler. It is not about a destination. It is about the bringing together of worlds. It is about lighting a path.

--Thomas Lloyd Qualls
quote by Trenice Carter: Gratification comes when you help someone else. with background image:

Gratification comes when you help someone else.

--Trenice Carter
quote by Angela Flournoy: Here is the truth about self-discovery: it is never without cost. with background image:

Here is the truth about self-discovery: it is never without cost.

--Angela Flournoy
quote by Damon Galgut: A journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it's made. You go from one place to another place, and on to somewhere else … with background image:

A journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it's made. You go from one place to another place, and on to somewhere else again, and already behind you there is no trace that you were ever there.

--Damon Galgut
quote by David Levithan: And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular -- but one must take it because it is ri… with background image:

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular -- but one must take it because it is right.

--David Levithan
quote by Jessie Burton: In suffering we find our truest selves. with background image:

In suffering we find our truest selves.

--Jessie Burton
quote by Adi Alsaid: Funny, how it took a little bit of pain to remember that certain parts of yourself were alive. with background image:

Funny, how it took a little bit of pain to remember that certain parts of yourself were alive.

--Adi Alsaid
quote by Kelly Cutrone: You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not. with background image:

You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not.

--Kelly Cutrone
quote by Colleen Hoover: You'll never be able to find yourself if you're lost in someone else. with background image:

You'll never be able to find yourself if you're lost in someone else.

--Colleen Hoover
quote by Frederick Lenz: I am Western and I see no need or reason to change that. The Western lifestyle has many things to offer, as do the Eastern methods of self … with background image:

I am Western and I see no need or reason to change that. The Western lifestyle has many things to offer, as do the Eastern methods of self discovery. I think blending the two is very desirable.

--Frederick Lenz
quote by Mooji: Honor your seeing... digest your seeing... otherwise it becomes just another thing you file away in the mind's department of philosophy...y… with background image:

Honor your seeing... digest your seeing... otherwise it becomes just another thing you file away in the mind's department of philosophy...you're here for much more than knowledge...you are here for self-discovery.

--Mooji
quote by William Juneau: If you would find gold, you must search where gold is. with background image:

If you would find gold, you must search where gold is.

--William Juneau
quote by Swami Nithyananda: One must know one's own secret. with background image:

One must know one's own secret.

--Swami Nithyananda
quote by Ray Bradbury: All education is self-discovery. with background image:

All education is self-discovery.

--Ray Bradbury

quote by Frederick Lenz: 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, an… with background image:

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
quote by Thomas Mann: No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself. with background image:

No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.

--Thomas Mann
quote by Robert Breault: If you aren't sure who you are, you might as well work on who you want to be. with background image:

If you aren't sure who you are, you might as well work on who you want to be.

--Robert Breault
quote by Hermann Hesse: Each man's life represents a road toward himself. with background image:

Each man's life represents a road toward himself.

--Hermann Hesse
quote by Luc de Clapiers: We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves. with background image:

We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.

--Luc de Clapiers
quote by Andre Gide: In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of perso… with background image:

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

--Andre Gide
quote by Saint Teresa of Avila: Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart. with background image:

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.

--Saint Teresa of Avila
quote by Barry Long: No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery -- the source of truth. with background image:

No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery -- the source of truth.

--Barry Long
quote by Will Smith: Be magic choose and believe that you can do anything you set your mind to believe. We are who we choose to be. with background image:

Be magic choose and believe that you can do anything you set your mind to believe. We are who we choose to be.

--Will Smith
quote by Asia Kate Dillon: I believe the arts are the best way to help people go on a journey of self-discovery toward their own compassion and empathy for humanity a… with background image:

I believe the arts are the best way to help people go on a journey of self-discovery toward their own compassion and empathy for humanity and themselves.

--Asia Kate Dillon
quote by Kristin Cavallari: It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a long way. with background image:

It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a long way.

--Kristin Cavallari
quote by Daniela Vega: I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself -- and it made me stronger. It could have made me … with background image:

I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself -- and it made me stronger. It could have made me step backwards with my self-discovery. Instead, it pushed me further.

--Daniela Vega
quote by Alexandra Stoddard: I'm an interior designer from the soul. It's not about just putting things in a room. It's much deeper and broader. It's about self-discove… with background image:

I'm an interior designer from the soul. It's not about just putting things in a room. It's much deeper and broader. It's about self-discovery.

--Alexandra Stoddard
quote by Kevin Abstract: I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing. with background image:

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing.

--Kevin Abstract

Longer Version:

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.


quote by Anne Tyler: It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him. with background image:

It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.

--Anne Tyler
quote by Bert McCoy: The journey we're on is as vast and sacred as the stars in the night sky. with background image:

The journey we're on is as vast and sacred as the stars in the night sky.

--Bert McCoy
quote by Mary Vraa: When we get distracted with someone else's goals, we get off track with our own higher purpose. And then there's a definite disconnect from… with background image:

When we get distracted with someone else's goals, we get off track with our own higher purpose. And then there's a definite disconnect from our soul. Who has time for that?

--Mary Vraa
quote by Jacqueline Edgington: Everyone has a ticket to wherever they want to go. All they have to do is know where they are going. If you don't know where you're going, … with background image:

Everyone has a ticket to wherever they want to go. All they have to do is know where they are going. If you don't know where you're going, you can't go where you want. That's the ticket.

--Jacqueline Edgington
quote by Kilroy J. Oldster: Why do mythological heroes of past civilizations have a thousand faces? Is it because each one of us takes a heroic journey of self-discove… with background image:

Why do mythological heroes of past civilizations have a thousand faces? Is it because each one of us takes a heroic journey of self-discovery?

--Kilroy J. Oldster

quote by Kilroy J. Oldster: A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life,… with background image:

A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted, and open to living life as an ecstatic journey of discovery.

--Kilroy J. Oldster
quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti: Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. with background image:

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.

--Jiddu Krishnamurti

quote by Sir Walter Scott: We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine… with background image:

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.

--Sir Walter Scott
quote by Hugo Hamilton: Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character. with background image:

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

--Hugo Hamilton
quote by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity… with background image:

There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.

--Ella Wheeler Wilcox


quote by James Russell Lowell: A wise man travels to discover himself. with background image:

A wise man travels to discover himself.

--James Russell Lowell
quote by Eckhart Tolle: If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without. with background image:

If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.

--Eckhart Tolle
quote by Amit Ray: Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding. with background image:

Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding.

--Amit Ray
quote by Alan Alda: Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light w… with background image:

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

--Alan Alda


quote by Neil Simon: If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet. with background image:

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

--Neil Simon
quote by Julien Green: The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart. with background image:

The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.

--Julien Green
quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill. with background image:

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
quote by Gail Sheehy: The delights of self-discovery are always available. with background image:

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

--Gail Sheehy
quote by Emanuel Steward: I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear -- it was not a fear o… with background image:

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear -- it was not a fear of not being accepted -- was a very violent fear of failure.

--Emanuel Steward

quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. with background image:

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

--Elizabeth Cady Stanton
quote by Adolf Loos: Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable. with background image:

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

--Adolf Loos
quote by Rainer Maria Rilke: The only journey is the journey within. with background image:

The only journey is the journey within.

--Rainer Maria Rilke
quote by Sonny Liston: Sometimes we must lose ourselves to find ourselves. with background image:

Sometimes we must lose ourselves to find ourselves.

--Sonny Liston
quote by Steve Jobs: Our time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. with background image:

Our time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

--Steve Jobs
quote by Mark Twain: I can last two months on a good compliment. with background image:

I can last two months on a good compliment.

--Mark Twain
quote by Dolly Parton: Find out who you are and do it on purpose. with background image:

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

--Dolly Parton
quote by Carl Jung: Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. with background image:

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

--Carl Jung
quote by Henri Frederic Amiel: Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them. Ignorance irritates h… with background image:

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

--Henri Frederic Amiel
quote by Eleanor Roosevelt: I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision. with background image:

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.

--Eleanor Roosevelt
quote by Marcel Proust: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes. with background image:

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes.

--Marcel Proust
quote by Michael Bassey Johnson: Your real self may be hiding somewhere, look for it within, when you find yourself, you can freely be what you want to be. with background image:

Your real self may be hiding somewhere, look for it within, when you find yourself, you can freely be what you want to be.

--Michael Bassey Johnson
quote by Bonnie Zackson Koury: Be who you are, and find yourself so you can be your own person and enjoy life with no regret. with background image:

Be who you are, and find yourself so you can be your own person and enjoy life with no regret.

--Bonnie Zackson Koury
quote by Shannon L. Alder: People who fit don't seek. The seekers are those that don't fit. with background image:

People who fit don't seek. The seekers are those that don't fit.

--Shannon L. Alder
quote by Dr. Seuss: Why fit in when you were born to stand out? with background image:

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

--Dr. Seuss

Longer Version:

Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Dr.


quote by Roy T. Bennett: To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are. with background image:

To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.

--Roy T. Bennett
quote by Tegan and Sara: You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to be you so be you proudly. with background image:

You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to be you so be you proudly.

--Tegan Quin
quote by Dante Alighieri: Follow your own star! with background image:

Follow your own star!

--Dante Alighieri
quote by Steve Maraboli: I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves. with background image:

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

--Steve Maraboli
quote by Kang Mal-geum: We established most of our self-beliefs during our childhood, but they were based on our limited understanding of the world around us. They… with background image:

We established most of our self-beliefs during our childhood, but they were based on our limited understanding of the world around us. They are either flawed or have become outdated. We can't take these beliefs at face value anymore.

--Yong Kang Chan
quote by Karen Lamb: A year from now you will wish you had started today. with background image:

A year from now you will wish you had started today.

--Karen Lamb
quote by Hermann Hesse: I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers … with background image:

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

--Hermann Hesse
quote by Sean Patrick Flanery: Do something today that your future self will thank you for. with background image:

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

--Sean Patrick Flanery
quote by Simone de Beauvoir: Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it. with background image:

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

--Simone de Beauvoir
quote by Mahatma Gandhi: I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. with background image:

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

--Mahatma Gandhi
quote by Bruce Lee: All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge. with background image:

All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.

--Bruce Lee

Longer Version:

All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.


quote by Epictetus: Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily. with background image:

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.

--Epictetus
quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti: The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. with background image:

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

--Jiddu Krishnamurti
quote by Ram Dass: The quieter you become, the more you can hear. with background image:

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

--Ram Dass
quote by Philip Pullman: You cannot change what you are, only what you do. with background image:

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

--Philip Pullman
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