Self-knowledge quotes

“People don't always know who they are, until it's too late.”
Kevin Costner - Frank Hamer

“It’s the loneliest feeling not to know who you are.”
Rosa Salazar - Alita

“I understand that the three of you think you are superhuman. That you don't think you are normal. You've convinced yourselves you have extraordinary gifts, like something out of a comic book. I am here to discuss the possibility that you are mistaken.”

Sarah Paulson - Dr. Ellie Staple

“I believe that if everyone sees what just a few people become when they wholly embrace their gifts, others will awaken. Belief in oneself is contagious. We give each other permission to be superheroes. We will never awaken otherwise.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Elijah Price

“I learned from a young age not to show weakness, okay? I solve my problems with my anger and my fists. I'm a blunt instrument and I'm damn good at it. I've done nothing but get my ass kicked this whole trip. I'm no leader. I'm not a king. I do not work or play well with others. And I can't let you die, trying to turn me into something I'm not.”

Jason Momoa - Arthur

“- John: What's a leerie?
- Jack: Why, it's what we lamplighters call ourselves, of course. Leeries, trip the lights and lead the way!”
Nathanael Saleh - John
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Jack

“Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.”
Jennifer Aniston

I think of myself as an exile, a pilgrim on this earth. Jesus said, "Turn your heart away from things visible and turn yourself to things invisible".
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“I think it's important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.”
Rose Byrne

“The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.”
Michelle Rodriguez

“You can forgive yourself a great deal.”
Eddie Albert

If I ever wonder what I'm doing or where I'm going, I just think to myself: "Is that little kid I was when I was just about this tall," I say, "well now, would he have been proud of me?" And if the answer is "no", well then I just keep walking on through. But if the answer is "yes", then I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

“Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come.”
Ellen Lee DeGeneres

“Look, I know what I am and I know what I'm not. I'm the girl who, you know, gets really good grades and who's not afraid to be funny. And I'm the girl who has a lot of friends who are boys and no boyfriends. I'm not beautiful, ok, and I never will be.”
Gwyneth Paltrow - Rosemary

“I am Katherine, Queen of England, the King's one true wife and mother of the heir to the throne. Beloved of the people, and beloved of a King you have bewitched.”

Ana Torrent - Katherine of Aragon

“Half of me is the Earl of Greystoke... the other half is wild!”
Christopher Lambert - John Clayton

“You know what I hate about myself? I know what people taste like. I know babies taste the best.”
Ed Harris - Curtis

“So much has happened since I last saw you! I lost my hammer, like yesterday, so that's still fresh. Then I went on a journey of self-discovery. Then I met you.”

Chris Hemsworth - Thor

“You don't know where you are going unless you know where you come from.”
Snoop Dogg

“- Erin Glass: I have a sickness.
- Terrence 'Terry' Glass: Yeah, it's called self-pity. Complicated by having no backbone.”
Diane Lane - Erin Glass
Stellan Skarsgård - Terrence 'Terry' Glass

“I'm Abe Lucas and I've murdered. I've had many experiences and now a unique one. I've taken a human life. Not in battle or self defense, but I made a choice I believed in and saw it through. I feel like an authentic human being.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Abe

“Secrets are a dangerous thing, Ben. We all think we want to know them, but if you've kept one to yourself, you come to understand that doing so, you may learn something about someone else, but you also discover something about yourself.”
Robert Redford - Jim Grant

“Just create something... new, and there it is, and it's you, out in the world, outside of you, and you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it... and you know a little more about... you. A little bit more than anyone else does.”
Hilary Swank - Holly

“- Sam Rubinstein: How am I today? The same, only worse. Every day I know less.
- Robert McCall: Welcome to the club.”
Orson Bean - Sam Rubinstein
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

“This is what you should be thinking about: Who you are... in this moment of time... and who you want to be. You get one life. You decide how you're gonna spend it. Fortunately... there is no better place for self-reflection... than detention.”
Marc Evan Jackson - Principal Bentley