Becoming Who You Are Quotes:

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Self, Becoming Who You Are, Awakening, Unbecoming

If you're going to do a memoir, then it's sort of at this age - in your late sixties or seventies - that you do it. I don't understand people who do memoirs when they're 20. I think most people need a little more time than 20 years to become the person they are. In fact, that process of becoming who you are is still ongoing when you get older, where you go, "Let's see where my next 10 years is going to take me." S

- Grace Coddington

source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

topic: Thinking, Years, Becoming Who You Are

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

- Carl Jung

source: Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

topic: Life, Beautiful, Dream, Soul Life, Source Of Life

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

- Steve Jobs

topic: Heart, Follow Your Heart, Intuition, Inner Voice, Business Life

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.

- Rachel Naomi Remen

source: "Turning On The Light At Times Of Loss" by Anne Naylor, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 22, 2010.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Letting Go, Soul Healing, Inspirational Healing

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

- Joseph Campbell

topic: Inspirational, Appreciation, Being Yourself, Power Of Myth, Becoming Who You Are

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

- Steve Jobs

source: Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Interesting Life, Inner Voice

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

- Steve Jobs

source: Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inner Voice, Job Growth

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

- Carl Jung

source: Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

topic: Relationship, Leadership, Spiritual, Social Interaction, Inner Darkness

You should really know what the complete natural world of your region is and know what all its interactions are and how you are interacting with it yourself. This is just part of the work of becoming who you are, where you are.

- Gary Snyder

source: Gary Snyder, William Scott McLean (1980). “The Real Work: Interviews & Talks, 1964-1979”, p.16, New Directions Publishing

topic: World, Becoming, Natural, Becoming Who You Are

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

- Baz Luhrmann

topic: Dream, Ugly Duckling, Self, Ducklings, Becoming Who You Are

You end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done.

- Paula Abdul

topic: Fear, Circles, Jumping, Becoming Who You Are