Identity Quotes

• Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action doesn't spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus.

  

  Francis Chan
  • Done
  • Action
  • Sometimes

• Her neural pattern must remain intact for the time being, as it was still necessary that she stay herself. Changes to her identity would eventually become inevitable, but those would have to wait until she no longer needed the cloak of who she was.

  

  Elizabeth Bear
  • Identity
  • Changes
  • Wait

• Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Political
  • Language
  • Term

• It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room.

  

  Peter Paige
  • Story
  • Identity
  • Villain

• Scammers and spammers use spoofing to disguise their identity, to trick consumers into answering unwanted calls, and to hide from authorities.

  

  Ajit Pai
  • Identity

• You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Trust
  • Identity
  • Allegiance

• I think there's a large worry in queer communities about imitating straight people, when queerness has its own identity and maybe can be a radical force that should be dismantling stuff that locks people into structures.

  

  Ezra Furman
  • Worry
  • Force
  • Communities

• You manifest based on who you are already - so you must own the identity of the dream in order to manifest it.

  

  Joy Page
  • Dream
  • Identity
  • Manifest

• Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

  

  Etgar Keret
  • Mean
  • Feels
  • Issues

• The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding out why you're you and not somebody else. And who in the blazes are you anyhow? Ah, voilà une chose!

  

  Ezra Pound
  • Identity
  • Meditation
  • Chose

• Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.

  

  Brennan Manning
  • God
  • Identity
  • Tenderness

• When we live life centered around what others like, feel, and say, we lose touch with our own identity. I am an eternal being, created by God. I am an individual with purpose. It's not what I get from life, but who I am, that makes the difference.

  

  Neva Coyle
  • Life
  • Purpose
  • Identity

• Often, I think, displaced people imagine themselves leading double lives. So a portion of my identity has always been privately siphoned into what would have been if I had stayed in Wisconsin.

  

  Mona Simpson
  • People
  • Identity
  • Portions

• As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.

  

  Wole Soyinka
  • Sometimes
  • Feels
  • Citizens

• Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

  

  Herbie Hancock
  • Teacher
  • Identity
  • Highlights

• When vets come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity. Then the VA, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.

  

  Eric Greitens
  • Home
  • Change
  • Identity

• We can't walk where we want to walk or be who we want to be or dress the way we want to dress or go anywhere any time of day. I am talking about the freedom that comes with just knowing that you're okay, and that you have value and you have identity, and you don't have to keep proving yourself.

  

  Eve Ensler
  • Freedom
  • Value
  • Knowing

• I think it's the most wonderful thing in the world to have an identity, something the audience can remember you for.

  

  Norm Crosby
  • Remember
  • Audience
  • Identity

• Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.

  

  Teju Cole
  • Important
  • Strong
  • Connections

• But I hate the way our identity has changed. We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we’d rely on our defense to keep us in the game and make big plays to put us in position to win. Kyle Orton might not be the flashiest quarterback, but the guy is a winner, and that formula worked for us. I hate to say it, but that’s the truth.

  

  Brian Urlacher
  • Way
  • Win
  • Mistakes

• Europe is my home, Europe is my continent. Europe is where we live. The European Union is a political bureaucratic organization that took away our identity and our national sovereignty. So, I would get rid of the European Union and be a nation-state again.

  

  Geert Wilders
  • Home
  • Political
  • Sovereignty

• Today, our sexuality is an open-ended personal project; it is part of who we are, an identity, and no longer merely something we do.

  

  Esther Perel
  • Today
  • Projects
  • Sexuality

• Memory is the crux of our humanity. Without memory we have no identities. That is really why I am committing an autobiography.

  

  Erica Jong
  • Humanity
  • Memories
  • Identity

• Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Emotional
  • Security
  • Strength

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