Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Identity Quotes
CitizenshipCity DevelopmentCommunityIdentity This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Family ConnectionsHierarchyIdentityPerceptionRoyalty When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
FreedomHistoryIdentityInnocenceLiberty I suppose there's a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And it's the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom.
BrotherhoodIdentityPassionResilienceTradition Mickey Rourke's character in 'The Wrestler' - that was my dad, that was my uncles, that was so many members of my family. It was the only thing they knew. And then they would end up wrestling for a hundred bucks, go to autograph signings for two hundred bucks.
CreativityHappinessIdentitySelf-ExpressionWell-being Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.
IdentityPerceptionSelf-awarenessSocial Anxiety Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.
CourageHistoryIdentityResponsibilityWar I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you.
ChangeConnectionGrowthIdentity I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations.
IdentityIndividualityMotivationSelf-ExpressionUniqueness I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.
AffectionComfortCultureIdentityPlace Attachment I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.
AuthenticityFameIdentityPressure There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.
Cultural RepresentationHeroismIdentityPerceptionRace I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.
AddictionConnectionIdentityIllusionIntoxication Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
BelongingCommunityIdentityNostalgiaTerritoriality Growing up in Highbridge was real. Me and all my friends, we never really went to any other places in the Bronx but Highbridge. We always just stayed in Highbridge. It was like territory, to be honest, because Highbridge is like a town.
ChoicesFaithIdentityParenthoodSelf-Discovery I think if I'm 40 and I don't have any kids and I'm not married, I would have a baby artificially inseminated. I would feel like Mary - like Jesus is my baby.
CreativityHumilityIdentityIntelligenceSelf-Perception We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'
AuthenticityIdentity I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.
CourageIdentityLeadership If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
