227 Be Yourself quotes

Be yourself, don’t take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.

Don’t worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.

Don’t compromise yourself – you’re all you have.

Don’t try to impress people. Always be yourself!

To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.

No other version, no matter how perfect it is, would ever feel better than being your true self.

Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Just be yourself, and enjoy the blessings that God’s borne out on you.

Just be yourself, let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful & magical person that you are.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.

I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.

The only way you’re going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.

You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.

Just because they disagree, doesn’t mean you ain’t right.

I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.

Be happy without comparing yourself to others.

You’ve been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can’t be in life.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

The more you put yourself in situations that show that you don’t care what people think, the more people will seem to like you because they know you are truly being yourself.

If you peg your identity to the things you do, you are facing a never-ending cycle of identity evaluation.

Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.

Take the time to come home to yourself every day.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

I figured out that being yourself isn’t something that just happens. It’s something you create. You have to create yourself.

No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

You change the world by being yourself.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?

Why try to be someone you’re not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone, don’t be someone else, just be yourself.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.

Do not try to impress anyone by showing them how worthy you can be. Always be yourself and let fate speak for you.

Never forget who you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.

Be everything that you are unapologetically. Most of you will find out that you are not just one color, you are a Rainbow.

Don’t aspire to be the next somebody else. Be proud and embrace being the first and only you!

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart.

Fully accepting, loving, and being yourself allows you to be 100% authentic. This means being fully responsible for yourself.

You have done it by being yourself. Perhaps that is what being a friend means, after all.

We must be our own before we can be another’s.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

You have your own challenges, and you, too, are imperfect. But you are the perfect YOU!

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.

It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you’re different than anyone else.

Don’t try to fit in or stand out – just be yourself.

Be yourself. It’s really important not to try and be someone else.

True success will come when you have the courage to be yourself.

You don’t worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.

Remember to always be yourself.

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there’s no one like you.

What is a friend? I will tell you… it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

It’s good to have people in your life around whom you can be yourself.

You can’t think about things you want to change. Just be yourself.

You have to be yourself.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

Be yourself and set the trend. Don’t follow.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

Be yourself. Create your own unique style.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

Just enjoy every moment – don’t stress. Just be yourself.

Just be yourself. Be honest, work towards a goal, and you’ll achieve it.

You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.

Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself.

Shine bright, be yourself.

Originals cost more than imitations.

Do not bend yourself to make others feel taller. When someone comes at you telling you what you are and slapping a label on you, simply ask them why. Why would you say that? Make THEM think.

Always be yourself because once you lose yourself, you lose everything.

Being different has its own uber power which is strikingly irresistible.

There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you’re not–somebody you’re not comfortable being.

Conformity is usually beneficial to society but is often detrimental to individuality.

I want to get paid to be myself. Sounds smart until you realize you’re clueless about who you are.

Don’t wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you’re best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses.

Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you love, and you will be badass.

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.

Don’t try to be someone else. Be yourself.

Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined.

You’ve got to be humble really to be yourself or to get a chance to be yourself.

The best advice I’ve ever got is to be yourself. Stay true to who you are and what you stand for, and you’ll go far in life.

Success will come. Or it won’t. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.

Just be yourself, be you, and that’s how I think you’re going to feel the most confident.

Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it’s the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other people, but take from it what feels right for you.

I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart.

Be yourself because you are the perfect you!

Don’t look for society to give you permission to be yourself.

Be your own self. Love what you love.

Don’t be afraid to be who you are, no matter who that person might be.

The opinions of others should not deter you from being yourself.

Life is simple, just be yourself.

Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to be who you are.

Life’s too short to live someone else’s

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

Be yourself and try to make all the things possible in your life that are leading towards a satisfied you.

The essential lesson I’ve learned in life is to just be yourself.

You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.

Living by your core values has these benefits: It gives you permission to be yourself.

In short, who cares! Be yourself, enjoy who you are.

Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern; live your own life and follow your own star.

It is the power to be yourself, to sing your own song, dance your own dance, speak your own poetry.

Be yourself and become aware of when your primitive mind chooses the wrong path or action.

Relaxation helps you to be yourself while letting your personality do the interaction.

The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what’s popular.

You eliminate competition by being yourself.

I would rather die having spoken in my manner than speak in your manner and live.

Existence wants you to be you.

I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.

Accept right now that you are magnificent. Being your real, true, authentic self is what’s most awesome about you.

When you see a mob doing something, it should make you less likely to do it yourself, not more likely.

You are who you are when nobody’s watching.

If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don’t ignore that critic, but don’t give it more attention than it deserves.

The tighter you cling to your current identity, the harder it becomes to grow beyond it.

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That’s the hardest thing to find.

Just remember to always be yourself and don’t be afraid to speak your mind or to dream out loud

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that’s all you’ve really got; when you strip everything down, that’s all you’ve got, so always be yourself.

The secret to success is to be yourself.

You, being yourself, unknowingly inspire others to be themselves.

Just be yourself, man, be proud of who you are.

Be yourself, no matter what they say.

Be yourself, who else is better qualified.

The freedom to be yourself is a gift only you can give yourself. But once you do, no one can take it away.

When you dance to your own rhythm, Life taps its toes to your beat.

You don’t have to say everything to be a light. Sometimes a fire built on a hill will bring interested people to your campfire.

If you don’t know what you want, others will want you for what they know! You must know yourself!

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic, not an imitation of someone you envy.

Some people say you are going the wrong way when it’s simply a way of your own.

It’s just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.

We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.

Rule your mind, or it will rule you.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.

We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.

To be one’s self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

You’re lucky enough to be different, never change.

When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible.

Be yourself – not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be.

Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don’t get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Be true unto yourself, be true to the morals and principles of Christian faith, and carry forth as if everyone is watching at all times.

Wake-up! Think for yourself, be yourself, and return to what is real.

Trust is learning how you feel about yourself, not how others feel about you. Do you trust how you feel? If not, why.

It’s simple; be YOU. If you’re not being you, you’re being someone else. YOU are not here to be someone else.

Don’t let other people’s opinions distort your reality. Be true to yourself; be bold in pursuing your dreams; be unapologetically you!

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

No matter how many thousands of friends you’ve had, or even more likes you’ve got, but if you do not enjoy being yourself, then you just keep lying to yourself and unto others as well.

Be You! It is so enchanting to see the beauty that radiates from someone freely expressing their uniqueness.

There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was certain defeat in pretending to be something I was not.

Come out of hiding, don’t be afraid to be yourself.

If you are not yourself, you have nothing to offer the world but a cheap imitation of someone else.

Mind you, the effectiveness of one hunter’s gun does not determine the number of bush meats the other hunter will kill. You got to be yourself. Be you.

Be yourself, be who you can be.

Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that you are.

Be you and only you, which means be you and all the people you have loved…

The fear of being yourself is the beginning of self-doubt.

There’s merit in being different, inspiration in being individual, courage in being unique, and freedom in being yourself.

Be different.. be yourself.

The best kind of love is one that brings out the best in you and doesn’t try to make you be someone other than yourself

Be one with yourself and revel in eternal bliss.

Be yourself; accomplish miracles.

Don’t dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you.

Just keep being you. Don’t worry what people think. Being you is cool, okay?

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that’s all you’ve really got; when you strip everything down, that’s all you’ve got, so always be yourself.

Be yourself! Don’t try to fabricate your personality in the guise of impressing others.

You have a right to be you. It is a privilege for others to be around you.

The best thing to gift yourself is to be just YOURSELF, improving above the person that you were yesterday.

Be who you are; go where you belong

Be yourself. That is where you should always be.

Children always give this simple message: Be natural, be sincere, be yourself!

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Some people like you, some people don’t. In the end, you just have to be yourself.

Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.

Just be you, be beautiful, and be comfortable in your own skin.

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

Remember, it’s ok to be yourself.

Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.

You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Nobody is so miserable as he who longs to be somebody and something other than the person he is in body and mind.

If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.

The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.

Your main purpose is to be yourself as fully as you can.

When you try to be like someone else, you lose yourself, and on top of that, you cannot be someone else! You are what you are!

You don’t need permission to be who you are. The universe already gave you permission.

Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.

The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself.

By being yourself, you put something beautiful into the world that was not there before.

Don’t let other people decide who you are.

You’ve got to be yourself, and if you’re not, you’re a phony. It comes shining through if you’re not careful.