Alice Eve Quotes

I define myself from a vision, from a point of view of life.

I believe that everyone has to construct a mental model of what they are and where they came from and why they are as they are, and the word soul in each person is the name for that particular mish-mash of those fully formed ideas of one's nature.

I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

Tennis is great, but it doesn't necessarily define me.

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are.

Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.

Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.

But if you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for.

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

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.

I'm not interested in nostalgia; I'm interested in who I am.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

I think when you're put into a completely different situation and environment, you really see who you are. You're not affected by what's around you. You are who you are.

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

You don't get what you want in life. You get who you are!

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.