Explore Quotes on Identity

I cannot recite Hanuman chalisa at home and wear a skull cap outside just to attract votes. It is my responsibility that, without losing my identity, I must ensure a peaceful environment for people of all faiths so that they can follow their beliefs.

I felt that just looking at the world in general, there are so many types of people, and some hide who they truly are. And I feel that every person has some kind of warped identity inside them that they decide if they want to show or not.

I feel like my whole life I've been searching for what I want to do, searching for my identity as a musician and a songwriter, and my band's identity.

The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.

I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised.

I was a big athlete, but I think a lot of the things I did were because they were my false identity, if you will. They got me acceptance, and they got me that attention that I craved.

My body became aligned with my identity, and it was profound.

One of the things I regret is that too often in our society a person's whole identity is shaped by their sexuality, or by their sexual orientation. In good Catholic eyes, a person's sexual orientation does not matter.

Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.

Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.

Growing up, I had a bit of an identity crisis.

The one thing I won't do is sacrifice my Indian identity in my music, my clothing choices. It's something I tried to hide growing up, and I would never do that again because it's such a big part of me and I'm very proud of it.

If I am ever forced to choose between my identity as a Tamilian and an award from the central government, I will choose the former.

The food we eat is our identity. The youth of the nation must save our food culture and traditions. If not, it will affect future generations.

In many countries, same-sex relationships are illegal. Young people are forced to hide and deny their love and their identity. LGBTQI people are persecuted, harassed and even imprisoned. For me, this is totally inconceivable.

The idea of what forms your identity and whether you fit in as one thing or another is something that we all think about, and something that's definitely been a preoccupation of mine.

As much as I'd love to explore other genres, I won't leave comedy. This genre has given me an identity.

Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.

You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.

Many women are great at having a separate life that runs alongside motherhood because they've smartly worked out that they need to hold on to their identity as a woman, a friend, a colleague and a professional in order that they don't lose themselves.