Katie Couric Quotes

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.

Being fearless means busting down those walls of fear and being who you are, not who someone else thinks you are. People like to put others in a box and tell them what they can and cannot do or who they can and cannot be. No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.

Now, as I move through my fifties, I can be professional and domestic, creative and intellectual, patient and urgent. I have learned that we should never settle for someone else's definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It's still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.

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.

Figure out whether or not you believe in yourself, and if you don't, find a way to. Because even more than you want it, you must believe it. And learn about yourself. The rhythm of one's spirit is just as important as what you look like or what you sound like. Who are you? What's your voice? What are you dying to contribute?

The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but to strive to see things as they are, and to be himself as he is. Defeat lies in self-surrender.

The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.

I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn't be afraid of who you are. That's the first key idea. You shouldn't be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It's very important for you to realize that.

You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.

I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

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

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

I want to be more myself. Sometimes it takes awhile to find your voice.

You've got one life: find your voice within it.

Do stuff that is true to your own experiences.

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

I feel like I've just got to be me and let my play speak for itself.