“We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way.” PeopleKnowsWayIdeasCharacterDifficultCircumstancesWho You AreTestedDifficult Circumstances Author:Erich Hoeber
“No matter what you're going through, there is no temporary feeling or circumstance that can take away the core of who you are.” MatterFeelingsCircumstancesNo Matter WhatWho You AreCoreTemporary Author:Wendy Starland
“Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and what options you're willing to undertake, and that determines what you ought to be doing.” ValuesWillingDependsOughtCircumstancesCommitmentWho You AreDetermine Author:Noam Chomsky
“I remember reading a book called, "From Niggas To Gods, Part One" by Andre Akil; the book was so easy to read, it was in capital letters with exclamation marks because Akil was screaming at us. It was about getting out of the mindset that this system has put you in. This mindset that makes you feel like your circumstances are permanent and wherever you're born is where you're going to end up. You have to realize who you are.” BookRememberReadingEasyRealizingLike YouCircumstancesWho You AreMindsetExclamation Author:Charlamagne Tha God
“There might be greater technology but really, we as human beings, we're the same as we ever were. There's always a ruling class that shits on a working class. There's always war over money. So we as humans aren't enlightened as a whole. So I think that you as an individual can progress under certain circumstances, so if you choose to be something and to try and learn and to try and progress then eventually it will happen but that is also who you are. You can make conscious decisions to try and do something positive or constructive but you are what you are.” ThinkingTryingWarIndividualDecisionTechnologyProgressCircumstancesConsciousWho You AreEnlightenedYou ChooseWorking Class Author:David W. Marsden
“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.” PeopleTryingLooksHas BeensProblemEnjoyCircumstancesTasteCreatingIllusionWho You AreOddPrecious LifeHow Precious Life Is Author:Anne Lamott
“Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.” ThinkingEndsCharacterActionDealsCircumstancesWho You AreWho We AreYou Choose Author:Cate Blanchett
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” LifeWisdomPeaceRealizingLevelsCircumstancesWho You AreFinding PeaceRearranging Book:Stillness Speaks Source: Stillness Speaks