About This Quote
It is an unfortunate fact of life that we often follow in the footsteps of our parents. We take after them in so many ways, from habits to mannerisms to abilities. Unfortunately, this can make us feel like we are trapped in our parent’s shadow. But one of the best things you can do is to not know who they are.
If you never get to know your parents, you won’t be stuck in their shadow. It takes a lot of courage for people to come out of the shadows of their parents. Many people are too afraid to take risks and do things different from what was expected or taught by their parents.
Source: The Counterfeiters
Some Similar Quotes
- There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first,...
- Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.
- We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.
- Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ..each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add...
- We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes...