Sally Rooney Quotes

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

I think self-discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfil your true potential and be happy.

It's easy to forget who you are.

It's definitely particular to each situation, but whether it is a long history or someone that you're intimidated by or someone that you didn't think you ever had a shot at, at the end of the day, I think we're all living through high school, every day.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

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 know who I am and what I do.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

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

I'm happy with the man I'm becoming.

I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

When you're young, you worry about what other people think. The older you get, the less that matters.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

I'm okay with myself. I had times when I was 15 about 'Who I am?' and 'What am I?' and where I want to go, and that's behind me.

No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.

There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

My biggest problem in middle school was catty girls, cliques, and trying to figure out if I wanted to be a part of one of those, just figuring out who I was and all that.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.