Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Self Discovery Quotes
GrowthHealingPainResilienceSelf-Discovery Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
HumilityLearningSelf-Discovery The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.
ConfidenceIndividualityPersonal GrowthSelf-DiscoverySelf-Expression I felt like my hobbies were so different from my peers, that I came off as an extremely loud person. But then by being shy, I just felt like I hindered myself from becoming the individual that I wanted to be.
ArtReflectionSelf-DiscoverySoul You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
CourageFearGrowthResilienceSelf-Discovery You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
AcceptanceMindfulnessPurposeSelf-DiscoveryWisdom What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
AmbitionDreamsIsolationSelf-DiscoveryWanderlust I've almost had to prove myself to Icelandic people. Living in such an isolated space, it gives you this innate sense of wanderlust, and dreaming for something much bigger.
DedicationFocusMotivationPerseveranceSelf-Discovery I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.
GrowthLimitationsPerseveranceResilienceSelf-Discovery I want to show the world that you can go beyond your thoughts, you can break more than you think you can break.
MeaningSelf-DiscoverySuffering A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.
ChangeOpportunityPerspectiveSelf-DiscoveryTime Awareness Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
Emotional GrowthPrioritiesRelationshipsSelf-Discovery There was at time in my life where all I wanted was a relationship, and I thought that was the most important thing.
LearningMentorshipSelf-DiscoveryTeachingWisdom The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
AmbitionPurposeSacrificeSelf-Discovery Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.
ConfidenceRivalrySelf-DiscoverySelf-LoveSelf Respect He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
GrowthPatienceRelationshipsSelf-DiscoveryVulnerability I've always been a slow starter. My first date was with a girl called Cessi. We had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer, and then when we met, I couldn't look her in the eye.
Inner TransformationSelf-DiscoverySpiritual AwakeningSuffering Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.
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.
AuthenticityIndividualitySelf-Discovery Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Inner StrengthResilienceSelf-DiscoveryTrue Character Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
Inner ReflectionIslamic TeachingsPurpose of LifeSelf-DiscoverySpirituality My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, 'The Intoxication of Life,' 'The Purpose of Life,' 'The Real Cause of Man's Distress,' 'The Journey to the Goal in Life,' and, one of my favorites, 'The Heart of Man.' They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.
Historical PerspectiveHuman PotentialInner WisdomSelf-Discovery Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn't always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.
ChangeHomeJourneyReflectionSelf-Discovery It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.
EmpathyInnocenceSelf-Discovery Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.
CreativityFocusSelf-DiscoverySolitudeStress Relief Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.