David Whyte Quotes

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

I don't think I constantly have to be on a promotional spree or be seen in the newspapers every day or even be part of social parties and film gangs. I'm having my own set of journey, and I am happy with it because I don't want to be like everybody.

You must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?

I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial.

Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.

You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for 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.

I just try to live my life and do my thing.

The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.

To get what you want out of life, all you can really do is find out who you are, and do that.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you - or express what you and others aren't.

I think that's one of the things that's missing in a lot of people's lives. That's finding out what works for you and doing that.

At WSX I think I was very much trying to figure it out on my own and we were creating our own style and our own thing. I can only speak for myself, I was not trying to be anything. I was not trying to be like anyone else.

I am who I am. I'm unique. I'm my own self.

I just want to find my individuality.