1.
I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am authentically at my core - I don't invest time where my brand isn't respected or where what I have to offer isn't appreciated.
T. D. Jakes
2.
I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.
CM Punk
'I would far rather incur hatred for my authentic self than be adored for a false persona.'
3.
Once I looked in the mirror and decided this is who I am, and I'm not scared of who I am, and I'm not scared that I can't be like you, and I'm good with just doing me, that's when I found myself, as a man.
Kendrick Lamar
4.
I'm very versatile and there's nothing I really regret in my life. I'm excited with who I am and I'm just going to keep riding the wave.
Rick Ross
I'm chameleon-like and have no misgivings about my past. I'm delighted with myself and will continue to take advantage of opportunities that come my way.
5.
I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.
Miranda Kerr
"I cannot regret being myself, just as the person beside me should not feel bad for who they are. A rose and a sunflower may share similarities, but neither can be the other."
6.
A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul
Tupac Shakur
7.
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.
Chinua Achebe
No one can define my identity. You may be able to characterize aspects of me, but who I am and what I require are matters that only I can discover.
8.
Music is always a healer. Music has never let me down. I know it’s my religion. There’s the idea that you can’t truly know happiness until you know sadness, so how can you heal yourself unless you’ve hurt yourself? I’m still figuring out who I am, but I know that I’m not who I was.
Brendon Urie
9.
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
Michelle Obama
10.
I strive to live with passion and not to be desensitised to life. Things matter to me. You’ve got to live like that. Otherwise what’s the point? It’s not possible to please everyone and there is no point in trying to be what other people think you should be. For me, it’s important to be who I am, not just to be different but to be as authentic as I can be.
Pep Guardiola
11.
When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
Frederick Buechner
12.
I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.
Aurangzeb
I arrived isolated and will depart as an unfamiliar person. I have no comprehension of my identity, nor any recollection of my activities.
13.
My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.
Joan Jett
My guitar is not an inanimate object. It is a part of me. It reflects my identity.
14.
Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.
David Brainerd
Pray, enable me to perform an accomplishment for you that is wildly out of proportion with my stature.
15.
The greatest thing that I have learned is probably the simplest thing any of us can learn: I am who I am.
Sonny Barger
I have come to recognize that the most important lesson I can learn is to accept myself for who I am.
16.
Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about-quite apart from what I would like it to be about-or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentions…..Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. I must listen for the truths and values at the heart of my own identity, not the standards by which I must live-but the standards by which I cannot help but live if I am living my own life.
Parker J. Palmer
17.
I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
Robert Downey, Jr.
I comprehend my identity. I'm a male masquerading as someone else in the guise of another person.
18.
If you imagine for a moment that I would do that, then I think you pretend that you don't know who I am. Hear it plainly. I am a Christian.
Polycarp
If you conceive that I would act in such a way, then it appears as if you have no comprehension of my identity. Let it be heard plainly. I am a believer in Jesus Christ.
19.
There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.
Richard Rohr
'No need to demonstrate or safeguard; I am content with my identity as it is.'
20.
I think you have to take me for me. I am who I am.
Harry Styles
21.
I don't like what you`re doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today
Tariq Ramadan
22.
I cannot change another person. I let others be who they are, and I simply love who I am.
Louise Hay
23.
Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.
Frank Ocean
24.
I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.
Jim Brown
25.
I write to find out what I am thinking.
I write to find out who I am.
I write to understand things.
Julia Alvarez
26.
If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
27.
I've never worn a dress shirt that's been comfortable. I've always just worn dress shoes. On more than one occasion, I've heard that a champion should dress like a champion. But I'm a champion because of who I am. Who I am is not that guy. If everybody wears three-piece suits, everyone looks the same.
CM Punk
28.
I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
Alicia Keys
29.
You're not gonna tell me who I am. I'm gonna tell you who I am.
Nicki Minaj
30.
I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.
Mary J. Blige
31.
I guess I like who I am now. I'd just like to have a little more internal peace. I'm sure everybody would.
Axl Rose
33.
Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.
Michel Foucault
34.
I am who I am. In the end, I feel that what I'm accountable for is doing a good job as a football coach.
Bill Belichick
35.
I know who I am and can deal with the use of Indian mascots... But I know it can be demeaning to a group of people. Maybe it would be all right if they were truly honoring the people and are giving due respect to the people they are representing.
Leonard Little
36.
So the most natural thing to me is to stay as pure to or real to or close to who I am as possible.
Erykah Badu
37.
I'm ashamed of what I did, but I'm not ashamed of what I've done to correct my mistakes..... I'm proud of who I am.
Eddie Guerrero
38.
When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your D*** lemons, what the h*** am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
J.K. Simmons
39.
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
Joey Ramone
40.
I am a collection of dismantled almosts.
Anne Sexton
41.
I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.
Mariah Carey
42.
The gospel is never about everybody else; it is always about you, about me. The gospel is never truth in general; it's always a truth in specific. The gospel is never a commentary on ideas or cultures or conditions; it's always about actual persons, actual pains, actual troubles, actual sin; you, me; who you are and what you've done; who I am and what I've done.
Eugene H. Peterson
43.
So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.
Kevin Durant
44.
I don't love who I am so I'm working on a fix
Kid Cudi
45.
When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.
Andrew Shue
46.
I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it
Orson Scott Card
47.
I don't know who I am or who I was. I know it less than ever. I do and I don't identify myself with myself. Everything is totally contradictory, but maybe I have remained exactly as I was as a small boy of twelve.
Alberto Giacometti
48.
Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same. More than one person, doubtless like me, writes in order to have no face.
Michel Foucault
50.
I grew up in a very religious family, so that was never going to leave me. I just accepted it over the years. Although I'm not religious myself, it is so much a part of me. It's a part of my history, a part of my tradition and my culture, so I don't want to just throw it away and leave it behind, because it's made me who I am today.
Brendon Urie