Self Discovery Quotes

“We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. Travel simply reminds us of this essential truth. The transmission of a powerful story, one human to another, is an alchemical activity in which we are enlarged and changed.” ~ Richard Halliburton

“People don’t take trips – trips take people.” ~ John Steinbeck

“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.” ~ John Muir

“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did now know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.” ~ Italo Calvino

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” ~ William Least Heat Moon

“Not all those who wander are lost.” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

“You should never read just for “enjoyment.” Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends’ insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick “hard books.” Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god’s sake, don’t let me ever hear you say, “I can’t read fiction. I only have time for the truth.” Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of “literature”? That means fiction, too, stupid.” ~ John Waters

“To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self… And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one’s self.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

“Don’t let your struggle become your identity.” ~ Ralston Bowles

It takes courage to grow up & become who you really are.

“Self-knowledge is best learned, not by contemplation, but by action. Strive to do your duty and you will soon discover of what stuff you are made.” ~ Johann Goethe

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~ Aristotle

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind.
To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will.
To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.”

~ Bernard Edmonds

“Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.” ~ John Wooden

“When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routines, ideas and traditions. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow – you are not understanding yourself.” ~ Bruce Lee

“It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“As you become more clear about who you really are, you’ll be better able to decide what is best for you – the first time around.” ~ Oprah Winfrey