Dawn French Quotes

I know who I am and what I do.

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process.

In your 30s, you are very aware of who you are and what you're confident in.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self.

I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.