Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

I am not sultry. I don't know what I am.

I'm not even sure who I really am sometimes.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

There are times I can't even figure myself out.

I don't know how happy I was when I met Sting. I always had this difficulty of not really knowing who I was.

Even a monotonously undeviating path of self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble towards my grave confused and hurt and hungry.

I like when people know exactly, have a good sense of themselves, and know exactly what's good for them, I admire that, but I don't have anywhere near that kind of perspective on my own.

For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself.

Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

There's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

I do struggle with the fact that I don't have all the answers.

I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.

I don't know what I am.