Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.--Dr. Suess
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.--Hans Christian Andersen
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.--Maya Angelou (quoted in Mind Your Own Bizniche by Squire)
But an accurate definition of the self is impossible. You are more than you realize, more than you can define. And the more time you spend trying to nail down the definition, the less time you spend living right now. ... Your past is not your identity... You, living now, is your identity.--George Lawrence-Ell (The Invisible Clock)
By your own soul, learn to live
And if men thwart you take no heed.
If men hate you have no care.
Sing your song, dream your dream,
Hope your hope and pray your prayer.--Parkenham Beatty
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.--Robert Terwilliger
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun
A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.--Robert F. Bennett
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.--Eleanor Roosevelt
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.--Janis Joplin
