Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.

Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

I'm not going to become a costume version or caricature of myself; I like to morph.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.

That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are.

What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.

One thing about me is that I'm very much like the Black Madonna. I love to reinvent myself and that's because I am a very free person.

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. Everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.

You can't intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it's going to come out in the wash, the film wash. What you are is going to be relevant, if not to yourself, to the movies you make.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

I have a lot of variety within me, and the dream role, I think, is actually a compilation of parts that express different aspects of my persona and personal interests.

My music is 100-percent me, so it's just who I developed into as a woman. I feel really grateful that I waited until I did because I feel like I really found who I was by doing that.

As I grow older, I feel like my authentic self has been able to shine through more and more, and people can see that.

I learned that all you need to do is be yourself.

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

I cannot be anyone else but Memphis. I tried that, and I was not happy with myself.

Before, I had an idea of what I thought I needed to be, and I'm realizing more and more that being yourself is the best thing.