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Being Quotes

On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.

This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.

Quotes by Ed Asner

I believe that the fact and the reality of homosexuality and heterosexuality and of opposite and same-gender unions should be taught in our public schools without a value judgement system also being offered.

Quotes by Ed Case

I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.

Quotes by Earl Sweatshirt

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

Quotes by Earl Weaver

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

Quotes by Eartha Kitt

Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

Quotes by Eartha Kitt

There is nothing settled about a poet's identity. The becoming doesn't stop because the being has been achieved. They proceed together, attached in ways that are hard to be exact about.

Quotes by Eavan Boland

The ant world is a tumult, a noisy world of pheromones being passed back and forth.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being's, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about...

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Quotes by E. Stanley Jones

Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles.

Quotes by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability.

Quotes by Earl Blumenauer

I love being in anything that's scary to people.

Quotes by Dylan Minnette

My truest passion is writing, so I continue to do that on my own while seeing what all the buzz is about being in front of the camera.

Quotes by Dylan Penn

Colliers International is committed to being a market leader in all major U.S. markets as well as key financial centers around the world.

Quotes by Dylan Taylor

No honest writer today can possibly avoid being influenced by Freud through his pioneering work into the Unconscious and by the influence of those discoveries on the scientific, philosophic, and artistic work of his contemporaries: but not, by any means,...

Quotes by Dylan Thomas

I'm not a full-fledged producer, but I can be one if I want to really spend my time on straight being a producer.

Quotes by E-40

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives on "being" show up in these quotes?
The quotes touch on being from a particular place ("Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman"), being childlike as a performer, being inappropriate as part of the craft of acting, and being flexible and open as part of aging well.
Is there a quote here about acting and creativity?
Yes, two: "As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child," and "There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate." For more on consistent character traits, see Always.
What does this page say about aging?
"Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself" offers a positive take on getting older, tied closely to the idea of "being" open to change.
Is there anything here about personal identity or background?
Yes: "Love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman, I'm a big fan of 'Duck Dynasty' as well" ties personal identity to place and interests. For more quotes centered on personal likes, browse Like.
How does this page relate to the Able quotes page?
"Being" here is about states and qualities of a person - childlike, open, flexible - while Able focuses more on capability and what someone can do. Also check Good for more positive, character-focused quotes.

You may also like our Good quotes on positive character traits and Always quotes on consistency and steadfastness.