Who I Am Quotes

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.

I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.

The greatest thing that I have learned is probably the simplest thing any of us can learn: I am who I am.

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.

I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

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.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

I think you have to take me for me. I am who I am.

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

I cannot change another person. I let others be who they are, and I simply love who I am.

Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.

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.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

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.

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.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

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.

You're not gonna tell me who I am. I'm gonna tell you who I am.

I guess I like who I am now. I'd just like to have a little more internal peace. I'm sure everybody would.

im am who i am i can't change

Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.

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.

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.

So the most natural thing to me is to stay as pure to or real to or close to who I am as possible.

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.

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!

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

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.

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

I don't love who I am so I'm working on a fix

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.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

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.

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.

My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am.

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.