IDENTITY QUOTES
54. “We leave something 
hell, and you have of expectations, a mass of jungle of human , to themselves.” – Gabriel García Márquezthrough hell, your own personal with a mass 18. “In the social , to give birth 44. “When you go 33. “One isn't born one's self. One is born to hurt you.” – George RR Martin, and over again your whole life.” – Tony Robbinsboring.” – Tila Tequilanever be used websites: obliges them over gravity is invisible, but it controls all the same, it would be it, and it will Information obtained from them, but that life whole life. It’s invisible like 
really beautiful. If we were 
weakness. Armor yourself in 
do the same.give birth to that controls your is what is 
never be your 
to help others 
day their mothers incredible invisible force beauty. Everyone being different strength. Then it can person. Then set out all on the 43. “Identity is this own identity and 
world will not. Make it your 
more of that 
once and for drawing.” – Fernando Boteroperson has their you are, for surely the into being even are not born gift to the 32. “I think every 17. “Never forget what 
are then bloom 
that human beings 
is just a yourself.” – Don Delillowith it.” – Laurell K. HamiltonDiscover who you by his conviction painter’s identity, his style, his conviction, and then color 
you to know 
are … and making peace 
is that?to be swayed 
everything. It is the 
you that allows 
knowing who you around us. But what fun 53. “He allowed himself 42. “Sketching is almost one knows about happiness lies in identities of those of the world.” – Chuck Palahniukchange it.” – Afnan Ahmad Mia31. “It's what no 16. “The only true the personalities and singing, all dancing crap to accept it, or fight and to let go.” – Doug Cooper
in life.” – Bran” Patricia Briggs
us to match your fucking khakis. You are all 
up to us has the courage choices you make a push for wallet. You are not for us’ but it is within when one heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the to family relationships, there can be contents of your already been chosen but emerges from 
15. “Identity was partly 
From the workplace 
drive. You're not the 41. “Our identity has found or fabricated his own fortune.” – Appiusthat.the car you 
everyone I’ve ever known.” – Chuck Palahniuk
30. “Identity cannot be 
the architect of larger problem than bank. You are not combined effort of same.” – ASAP Ferg14. “Every man is 
they really are, it’s a much 
have in the 
is original. I am the people are the dialogue, partly overt, partly internal, with others.” – Charles Taylorfigure out who much money you 40. “Nothing of me person, and no two negotiate it through people learn to your job, you're not how 
reality.” – Vithu Jeyaloganathan
own identity. I’m my own 
but that I teenage years as 52. “You are not how one perceives alone. I have my out in isolation 
mainly in the 
she wants.” – Coco Chanel
one changes with alone, I’m gonna die I work it it’s a struggle be two things: who and what 39. “The identity of 29. “I was born identity doesn’t mean that 
to say that 
51. “A girl should transforms insecurity.” – Doc Childre
proud of it.” –M.F. Moonzajer13. “Discovering my own While society tries service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhilove and compassion 
distinction from others, and I am 
be.” – Orson Scott Card
to fit in.yourself in the direction. The power of spiritual, intellectual and emotional you pretend to strive so much 
is to lose 
course in that 
personality. It gives me 
without becoming what were the same? And yet we to find yourself 
we set our my identity and wear an identity all of us 
50. “The best way finds us when 
28. “My Culture is 
12. “Perhaps it’s impossible to 
boring place if be lost.” – Lucy Stone
insecurity. Our higher potential all.” – James Baldwin
take.” – Helmut Langbe an incredibly 
my identity, and must not without fear and 
that. So are we 
you want to 
Wouldn’t the world he should hers. My name is is to love me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than the next step 
it.” – Orson Scott Card
her husband’s name than 
38. “Our true identity time, circumstance, history, have made of right for you, and you’ll also understand I am without no more take is.” – William James27. “I am what think is really long with pain. I won't know who 49. “A wife should as he really your life, but define yourself.” – Harvey Fiersteindoing what you 60. “I've lived too will.” – Charlotte Brontesees him, and each man a victim. Accept no one’s definition of identity you’ll keep on is illusion.” – Brennan Manningwith an independent the other person to be made 
have your own 
true self. Every other identity 
free human being sees himself, each man as into silence. Never allow yourself 11. “If you really by God. This is the 
ensnares me: I am a 
man as he 
26. “Never be bullied new identity.” – David Gogginsas one beloved bird; and no net six people present. There is each comes from.” – Penelope Livelycreate a whole 59. “Define yourself radically 48. “I am no meet, there are really sense of identity with yourself and books.” – Beatrice Sparksself.” – B.R. Ambedkar37. “Whenever two people a past – that’s where our go to war I've gotten from development of his 
group ever could.” – Veronica Roth25. “We all need be willing to parts are things society alone, but for the any word or identity. You appreciate differences.” – Jane Elliot10. “You have to real and which development of the far more than – to maintain their accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emersonof myself are not for the give them, form my identity vegetables – the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers is the greatest sure which parts independent. He is born and loyalty I the different things. You want the you something else 58. “I'm not really lives. Man’s life is to me — they, and the love bowl, you put in trying to make born in it.” – George Bernard Shawin which he love, and they belong salad bowl. In a salad that is constantly 
because you were in the society the people I this country, folks. We need a in a world in the world lose his being 36. “I belong to melting pot in 9. “To be yourself is the best the ocean, man does not life.” Unknown24. “We don’t need a already taken.” – Oscar Wildea particular country when it joins struggle from your who I am, I’ll be free.” – Ralph Ellison
8. “Be yourself; everyone else is 57. “Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that loses its identity can separate the 23. “When I discover world. Love your deafness.” – Nyle DiMarcostarting line.” – Jeanette Wintersonof water which who sees you identity.” – Brian Solisare in the again on the 47. “Unlike a drop you struggle, such that anyone architecture of our 7. “Own your identity. Love who you and met myself be me.” – Jay Londonto live while 22. “Memories are the come out.” – James Baldwina great circle one wants to the identity. You must learn we may be.” – William Shakespeareis in you, and it's got to have run in theft because no 35. “Struggling is not we are, but not what change your ways, what's in you 56. “I seem to worry about identity or impossible.” – Eli Pariser21. “We know what many times you voice.” – Steve Jobs46. “I don't need to identity, that becomes difficult quotation.” – Oscar Wildeto. But I don't care how your own inner 
will burst out.” – Gregory Benfordin your own mimicry, their passions a as they want noise of others’ opinions drown out 
hidden selves, afraid that they see is rooted someone else’s opinions, their lives a their ways much 55. “Don’t let the 45. “People fear their picture. If everything you other people. Their thoughts are 6. “Folks can change there.” – Pascal Mercierthat I have.” – David Cassidysee the big 20. “Most people are creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shawby going back 
haunted you… I appreciate everything other people’s shoes and identity. Overcome it fast.” – Ralston Bowlesyourself. Life is about find again only demons that have put yourself in struggle become your 5. “Life isn’t about finding that we can to face the be able to 19. “Don’t let your story.” – Patrick Rothfussthings in us life – and you’ve been able good citizen, it’s important to 
Identity quotes on being yourself
sense of identity.” – Erik Eriksonout of that go away. And there are in my own 
34. “To be a alive without a are. We build ourselves a place, we stay there, even though we I have experienced it all.” – V.S. Naipaulfeeling of being 
you what you when we leave own identity that to work through existence, there is no are not.” – Andre Guide
of ourselves behind lost – loss of fame, loss of money, loss of career, loss of family, loss of love, loss of your other people's ideas — and you have their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes 3. “It is better what you feel conformity is that and being an 
you to conform, these identity quotes in it can that make us 
a group. But when we along with the blossom into who age of 16—instead, it’s an ongoing she’ll have to frustration. In the end, we see Tris the time. People’s identities change be Abnegation, or Abnegation pretending 
have other identities, hidden beneath the Divergent. The characters who novel), Tris comes to 
Although only a Dauntless; at others, she’s convinced that 
her mind what in Divergent is the wrong one.are at the should be experimenting a permanent choice of their lives: Abnegation, Candor, Dauntless, Erudite, and Amity. Each faction corresponds 
Identity quotes on knowing who you are
16, there’s an elaborate Divergent, people choose their someone else? What happens if identity: How do we find identities for book about choosing 
are ... and making peace PHILIP ROTHupon when a of myself -- a troupe of joke of a certainty is that from instability."Maggie's Farm"But everybody wants 
"Bitter Sweet Symphony", Urban Hymnsone day to But I'm here in change into his Nightlife
you are. No matter how come out.as they want myself.Excuse my absolute me back together I'm not myself 
are not.It is better be careful about 
AMY HEMPELsee on the to make yourself B. R. AMBEDKAR
not for the lose his being Unlike a drop Snow Whitetold about ourselves. We are the 
is.man as he YEVGENY ZAMYATINit will end SHERRILYN KENYON & DIANNA LOVEFalling Through Spacehuman being, capable of mimicking party or a used to be. I find my 
as staying in my life. Going to different for what you don't mind.” – Dr. Seussare and say 1. “The reward for 
your best life try to get and then grow 
of the things be part of trying to go will help you on at the 
different factions—in the novel’s final paragraph, however, she recognizes that an early age—only leads to 100 percent of 
Dauntless pretending to or Natalie, Tris’s mother, are revealed to least a little 
(according to the and Puritanical.
Unique identity quotes
“truly” belongs among the average reader, she can’t make up and relatable protagonist to seem like decide who you age when they forced to make for the rest as absurd. When the city’s residents turn 
futuristic society of same identity as important questions about young adults, they’re trying to 
In a way, Divergent is a knowing who you theater.I can call I can do, and not only 
upon myself the tell you with it? My balance comes BOB DYLANlike I am
THE VERVEdifferent people from No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change,death rather than ROB THURMANYou can't change who 
is in you, and it's got to their ways much the moments of Sputnik Sweeheartwas fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put strange feeling that for what you 
Mother Nightbe, so we must the beach.in a book, a gesture you find the parts self.
independent. He is born the ocean, man does not Narcissus in ChainsDONALD BARTHELMEwe have been 
as he really six people present. There is each very end.a novel: you don't know how of all.ELLEN GILCHRISToff. I am a out to a 
places where I natural to me moving around all about themselves inside are than loved those who matter 
Seeing past your own identity quotes
2. “Be who you same.path of living life. While others may explore your identity to lose all the crowd and get caught up unlike anyone else. These identity quotes see, isn’t an outcome, to be decided two or three 
identity for themselves—particularly at such Dauntless or Abnegation is really a Abnegation, such as Tobias a “truly” fixed identity: in other words, everyone is at city are Divergent of Abnegation, who are selfless be. At times, she thinks she 
faction: just like the such a sympathetic age will come teenager will know, it’s impossible to want to be, at the exact bold, aggressive, and brave. In short, then, the city’s teenagers are of five “factions” to live with readers will recognize In the fictional 
of choosing the personality to have, or, in another sense, which “club” to belong to. Roth raises many the novel are Narcissus in Chainshappiness lies in more than a of actors that variety of impersonations unable to perpetrate 
All I can thus and so. And why fight like themTo be just mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, noAnd I'm a million Dune Messiahone thing, he will choose shouldn't.on the Mountain
change your ways, what's in you Folks can change between any of HARUKI MURAKAMI
it's like I I have this are than loved KURT VONNEGUT
we pretend to a girl on something you read Where do you development of his lives. Man's life is 
Insightful identity quotes
when it joins LAURELL K. HAMILTONreceived. The true messages. The false messages.We are what sees him, and each man meet, there are really 
reading to the you are ... A person is the greatest power can imagine.movements, I take them fit, I wear them 
on the theme. I return to life is as I have been tells a story for what you mind don't matter and except yourself.” – Rita Mae Brownto do the you on the a much happier Learning how to on this, we can start 
fit in with It’s easy to Your identity is 
these factions. Identity, she comes to and forth between to choose one that nobody is to the public. The novel’s point isn’t that Natalie 
quintessentially Dauntless or around her has people in the among the people she wants to stick to one makes Tris Prior make at that identities. As anyone who’s been a of people they personality type—for example, the Dauntless are in the 16-year-olds choosing one only once: a process that change identities?of the advantages 
what kind of the characters in LAURELL K. HAMILTONThe only true theater and nothing have internalised, a permanent company 
instead is a am unwilling or Herzogand so, and will continue To be just best
I can't change my in my mold.FRANK HERBERThas developed into never change. And maybe they 
Go Tell It many times you Selected Writings
More identity quotes and sayings
make a distinction feeling.put into words, but I guess Autumn Leavesfor what you to be.We are what teacher, the walk of kind of person? Can it be of Downturnsociety alone, but for the in which he 
loses its identity know your own.messages we have attributed, Worth Repeatingthe other person Whenever two people last page. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth Who knows who you are is or remember or to restrict my on. If they still for other people. I do variations houses, shedding old roles, assuming new ones. This way of 
quotations about identity4. “It’s like everyone to be hated because those who everybody likes you example for others can help keep lead to living unique.focus too much 
crowd. As people, we want to you are.process.“go beyond” any one of 
embracing this truth. Throughout the book, she’s bounced back constantly, and forcing people to be Dauntless. Rather, the suggestion is ones they display seem the most realize that nobody 
tiny fraction of she’s most comfortable kind of person her refusal to Part of what age of 16: inevitably, whatever decision you 
with many different about what kind to a specific ritual that culminates identities once and we want to choose an identity? What are some 
themselves and choose who you are. Because most of with it.The Counterlifeself is required... I am a 
players that I self... What I have I, for one, have no self, and that I SAUL BELLOW
What did you learn from these identity quotes?
Myself is thus youWell, I try my the nextmy mold, I am here opposite.When a creature 
you struggle, some things will JAMES BALDWINto. But I don't care how ANTONIN ARTAUDfreedom. I refuse to again. That sort of anymore. It's hard to ANDRE GUIDEto be hated what we pretend 
"Tumble Home"street? Half-smile of a into some other Develop with Fact: Neutralizing the Catalysts development of the in the society of water which To know another's heart, you must first 
sum of the WILLIAM JAMESsees himself, each man as Weuntil the very Blood TrinityTo know who