Mae Whitman Quotes

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

One day I actually took the list into the bathroom and I put it up against my face and looked in the mirror and I realized I had one of two choices, change the list or change myself.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become.

Half my life is an act of revision.

My personality doesn't interest me.

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up.

Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.

You have to look yourself in the eye and ask, 'Who are you?' It can't be all about work.

I'm all about evolution. I'm the first person to judge myself.

The world around me has changed, and I have learned to adapt but not change. But I'm changing into the woman I am meant to be.

I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.

Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.