True Self Quotes

Julian of Norwich...wrote: 'Some of us believe that God is almighty and can do everything; and that he is all-wise and may do everything; but that he is all-love and will do everything -- there we draw back. As I see it, this ignorance is the greatest of all hindrances to God's lovers.' Where do we thing we are going when we draw back fro

~ Brennan Manning

[author quoting from his journal entry] To feel safe is to stop living in my head and sink down into my heart and feel liked and accepted...not having to hide anymore and distract myself with books, television, movies, ice cream, shallow conversation...staying in the present moment and not escaping into the past or projecting into the future, alert and attentive to the now...feeling relaxed and not nervous or jittery...no need to impress or dazzle others or draw attention to myself...Unselfconscious, a new way of being with myself, a new way of being in the world...calm, unafraid, no anxiety about what's going to happen next...loved and valued...just being together as an end in itself. (p. 31)

~ Brennan Manning

A man in love does not notice the cut of the dress, but rather a face of a beloved.

~ Rhys Bowen

When you forget about your self consciousness for a moment, you forget about your true self, your real you and your true purpose for a moment

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Only by digging deep down to the core of our true self can we come to a place of inner certainty. Our underlying values and priorities are our personal navigational stars on life's journey—essential tools to chart a life course that embraces what matters most to us.

~ Marian Deegan

Only when I see myself truly is Gautama Buddha is present in me.

~ Gyomay M Kubose

Their Love said, “Made for Each Other”Our Love says, “Made from Each Other

~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

You're great. You don't need to be sorry for being who you're. You're a miracle. You're a wonder in this generation. Unchain your true self!

~ Assegid Habtewold

The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values. A person must be selective with their time and energy because both elements of life are limited.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

That's the downside of growing up. There's a lot of pretending involved. We frequently act like someone other than who we really are because we don't know or aren't comfortable with our true selves.

~ Connor Franta

You have to get lost to find your true self.

~ Debasish Mridha

I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.

~ James Mcbride

How can we “find ourselves” again? How can man “know himself”? He is a thing obscure and veiled. If the hare has seven skins, man can cast from him seventy times seven skins, and not be able to say: “Here you truly are; there is skin no more.”Also this digging into oneself, this straight, violent descent into the pit of one’s being, is a troublesome and dangerous business to start. You may easily take such hurt, that no doctor can heal you. And what is the point: since everything bears witness to our essence — our friendships and enmities, our looks and greetings, our memories and forgetfulnesses, our books and our writing!

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

What we call the personality is often a jumble of genuine traits and adopted coping styles that do not reflect our true self at all but the loss of it.

~ Gabor Maté

Flesh, blood, bone--the body is only a container for who we truly are inside.

~ Megan Shepherd

Your journey through life and self-discovery is much like the start of a new day. As you grow, develop, and reinvent yourself, the tendrils of light tear through the darkness of your untapped potential and uncharted territory. As you learn more, discover your life’s purpose, and establish a vision for your future, the light shines through on your true self.

~ Thomas Narofsky

I had a dream about you last week. It was October 31, 2002 and we met at a Halloween party. You came dressed as yourself; I knew you’ve been hiding your true self all this time.

~ Rodney Jenkins

You are eternal, beautiful, and real.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Face your true self. You're reaction when facing any animal is much more likely to be Ahh, cute than Yum, dinner!

~ Mango Wodzak

We are all 'right' if we are being truly ourselves.... that is the best we can be in each moment, until we learn more...

~ Jay Woodman

There's something about seeing people when they have just wake up--before they have a chance to put on the face they show everyone else. There's like this last hint of innocence.

~ Robin Brande

And so I would ask you if you would do me the honor of becoming my wife? As he spoke, she saw him glance over her shoulder, looking at the clock that stood in the corner. As though he had another appointment after this one. The one where he decided her fate.Unless she decided it for herself. The emotion she'd felt on recognizing Lord Alexander in that ballroom rushed over her, the unfamiliar feelings of want and dissatisfaction and wishing she could just be herself, just do something that wasn't related to who she was- she wanted to stand up and demand that Lord Carson, that anyone see her as Eleanor, the pun-loving, adventurous woman who adored Italian.Not a female to be bartered from one family to another.

~ Megan Frampton

When we come in contact with our true self, we stop trying to be someone else. We fall in love with it and embrace it with all its flaws :-)

~ Assegid Habtewold

Life is not about finding your true self, but creating who you wish to be.

~ Steven Redhead