Matthew Arnold Quotes

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.

This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.

I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

Learn what you are and be such.

Your life is meant for you to understand and process, not to make anyone else happy.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

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.

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for?

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

All I know is myself and I don't plan on changing that.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

My personality doesn't interest me.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

While I have always, felt like an outsider, it's because of the professional choices I have made, so it's not like I am planning to throw myself a giant pity party.

Everything I want to do, and to accomplish, is on the other side of the universe. That's peace of mind, energy, freedom. And I'm making myself ready to go, joyfully and willingly. I think I'm ready to be everybody's friend, and to do anything for anybody. It's heavy.

My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

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