There’s something about quotes that just resonates with us. Maybe it’s the way they can sum up a complex idea in a few simple words, or the way they make us feel understood and connected. Whatever it is, quotes have a special power to help us feel more connected to ourselves and to others. In today’s blog post, we’ll be exploring the topic of belongingness, and sharing some powerful quotes that encapsulate what it means to feel like you belong.
The best belonging quotes
1. You are my home; it is in your loving gaze that I find the comfort, acceptance, and the sense of belonging. — Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
2. Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for family, for love, for belonging. — Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Shadow
3. We’re a show about ‘the other people.’ and i think everyone has a little bit of ‘not belonging’ in them. — Mayim Bialik
4. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
5. Delicacy–a sad, sad false delicacy–robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family–circle narratives & obscene stories. — Mark Twain
6. We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. — William Glasser
7. You are my home; it is in your loving gaze that I find the comfort, acceptance, and the sense of belonging. — Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
8. The simple faith in progress is not a conviction belonging to strength but one belonging to acquiescence and hence to weakness. — Norbert Wiener
9. Belonging to a place isn’t nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Velvet Room
10. We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves — but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging
11. Art is my cure to all this madness, sadness and loss of belonging in the world & through it I’ll walk myself home. — Nikki Rowe
12. The belonging you seek is not behind you. It is ahead. — Star Wars: The Force Awakens
13. In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we find our sense of belonging, our sense of community, our very lives. — Veronica Roth
14. We’re a show about ‘the other people.’ and i think everyone has a little bit of ‘not belonging’ in them. — Mayim Bialik
15. In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we find our sense of belonging, our sense of community, our very lives. — Veronica Roth
16. There are two bonds formed–belonging together and suffering together.Which bond will withstand the true test of Darkness? — Michelle Horst, The Land of Shadows
17. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
18. Belonging to the working class is the economy’s punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
19. The simple faith in progress is not a conviction belonging to strength but one belonging to acquiescence and hence to weakness. — Norbert Wiener
20. Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist. — Simon Cheshire, Plastic Fantastic
21. Fear and hate create separation, love and joy creates belongingness and wholeness. — Swami Dhyan Giten, Presence–Working from Within. The Psychology of Being
22. There are two bonds formed–belonging together and suffering together.Which bond will withstand the true test of Darkness? — Michelle Horst, The Land of Shadows
23. I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I’m American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country. — Nicolas Cage
24. Acceptance is the sense of belonging. — M.F. Moonzajer
25. …for everytime I see the sky I’m aware of belonging to the universe than to just one corner of the earth. — Ruskin Bond
26. We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. — William Glasser
27. Low self–esteem is no better home to take a refuge. It does not keep you comforted from any danger — it keeps you confined away from your real belongings!
28. Belonging to the working class is the economy’s punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
29. Low self–esteem is no better home to take a refuge. It does not keep you comforted from any danger — it keeps you confined away from your real belongings!
30. Intimacy transcends the physical. It is a feeling of closeness that isn’t about proximity, but of belonging. It is a beautiful emotional space in which two become one. — Steve Maraboli
31. Fear and hate create separation, love and joy creates belongingness and wholeness. — Swami Dhyan Giten, Presence–Working from Within. The Psychology of Being
32. I personally believe in bringing your whole self to work and being open and transparent, even vulnerable. I believe that builds trust, loyalty, and a sense of belonging and passion. — Rana el
33. Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist. — Simon Cheshire, Plastic Fantastic
34. Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for family, for love, for belonging. — Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Shadow
35. I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special. — Michael C. Hall
36. Belonging to the working class is the economy’s punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
37. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. — Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
38. I personally believe in bringing your whole self to work and being open and transparent, even vulnerable. I believe that builds trust, loyalty, and a sense of belonging and passion. — Rana el
39. We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves — but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging
40. I personally believe in bringing your whole self to work and being open and transparent, even vulnerable. I believe that builds trust, loyalty, and a sense of belonging and passion. — Rana el
41. Don’t be a pepper on the eyes of people — Rather be the salt on their tongue and make a difference that influences their sense of belonging to the earth.
42. For a moment I felt the quiet hungering thing that comes inside when you return to the place of your origins, and then the ache of mis–belonging. — Sue Monk Kidd
43. Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else’s shoes. — Phoebe Stone, The Romeo And Juliet Code
44. I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can’t think properly. If you’ve got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts. — Simon Cowell
45. Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist. — Simon Cheshire, Plastic Fantastic
46. A woman in a single state may be happy and may be miserable; but most happy, most miserable, these are epithets belonging to a wife. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
47. Our home is a belonging place. — Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern
48. I envy the happiness of others… I envy the sense of belonging… I seem always to be remaking myself. — Richard Eyre
49. I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can’t think properly. If you’ve got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts. — Simon Cowell
50. We’re a show about ‘the other people.’ and i think everyone has a little bit of ‘not belonging’ in them. — Mayim Bialik
Conclusion
Remembering that you belong is an important part of living a healthy and fulfilled life. We all need to feel accepted and appreciated in our lives, and having a sense of belonging is a fundamental way to achieve that. Whether it’s a family, a community, or a group of friends, take the time to celebrate the special moments that make you feel like you belong.
