2. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” –
3. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” –
4. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Baruch
5. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” –
6. “Don’t compromise yourself—you’re all you have.” – John Grisham
7. “The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” – Rita Mae Brown
8. “Never apologize for being yourself.” –
9. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” –
10. “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” – Allen Ginsberg
11. “Be yourself, don’t take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.” – Gerard Way
12. “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” – Roy T. Bennett
13. “Don’t try to impress people. Always be yourself.” – Bella Thorne
14. “Let go of who you think you need to be and just be who you actually are.” – Anonymous
15. “Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that you are.” – Mandy Hale
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16. “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.” – Al Roker
17. “Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” – Roy T. Bennett
18. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland
19. “Make the most of yourself, for that, is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. “The world just wants your authentic truth.” – Gabby Bernstein
21. “Sometimes, you have to lose all you have to find out who you truly are.” – Roy T. Bennett
22. “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” – Philip Pullman
23. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton
24. “Learn to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.” – Henri Frederic Amiel
25. “Appear as you are, be as you appear.” – Rumi
26. “Listen and be open, but don’t let anybody tell you who you are.” – Jeff Bezos
27. “Do not live to satisfy the expectations of others.” – Ichiro Kishimi
28. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.” – Andre Gide
29. “The world is so busy telling us who we should be, that we forget who we are.” – Bill Masur
30. “Don’t let others box you into their idea of what they think you should be. A confined identity is a miserable way to exist. Be you and live free. Trust that in living true to yourself, you will attract people that support and love you, just as you are.” – Jaeda DeWalt
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31. “You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” – John Mason
32. “I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” – Steve Maraboli
33. “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” –
34. “If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there’s no one like you.” – Marc Newsom
35. “The secret to success is to be yourself.” – S. Sreesanth
36. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” –
37. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
38. “If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world.” – Elaine S. Dalton
39. “Don’t dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you.” – Steve Mariboli
40. “Consult your conscience; rather than popular opinion.” – Publilius Syrus
41. “Existence wants you to be you.” –
42. “Don’t believe you have to be like anybody to be somebody.” – Nike
43. “The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.” – Peter Thiel
44. “As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.” – Haruki Murakami
45. “Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein
46. “Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.” –
47. “Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That’s the hardest thing to find.” – E.L Konigsburg
48. “Just be yourself, there is no one better.” – Taylor Swift
49. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.” – Tyra Banks
50. “Some people say you are going the wrong way when it’s simply a way of your own.” – Angelina Jolie
51. “You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.” – Gabby Douglas
52. “It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you’re different than anyone else.” – Tony Bennett
53. “You change the world by being yourself.” – Yoko Ono
54. “Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, ‘cause we were born this way, bitch!” – Lady Gaga
55. “You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.” – Robert Greene
56. “No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” – Buckminster Fuller
57. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Bindi Irwin
58. “Don’t worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect.” – Mariano Rivera
59. “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people—the ones who really belong in your life—will come to you, and stay.” –
60. “Don’t let other people decide who you are.” – Bob Goff
61. “About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” – Rita Mae Brown
62. “Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.” – Rumi
63. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings
64. “Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” – L. Hay
65. “Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.” – Max Ehrmann
66. “You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don’t have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.” – Roy T. Bennett
67. “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” – Hermann Hesse
68. “Don’t ever compare yourself to others. You are not a copy, you are an original. Craft your own individuality and sense of style and just be yourself.” – Yvonne L. Wilson
69. “All I want to do is be more like me and be less like you.” – Linkin Park
70. “You were born God’s original. Try not to become someone’s copy.” – Marian Wright Edelman
71. “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” – Joseph Campbell
72. “Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.” – Gary Snyder
73. “Not till we have lost the world do we begin to find ourselves.” –
74. “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.” –
75. “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself—and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to—letting a person be what he really is.” – Jim Morrison
76. “If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your , your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.” – Frank Zappa
77. “Don’t change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.” – Anonymous
78. “The freedom to be yourself is a gift only you can give yourself. But once you do, no one can take it away.” – Doe Zantamata
79. “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” – RuPaul
80. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” –
81. “Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.” – J. B. Priestley
82. “Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
83. “They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same.” – Kurt Cobain
84. “You want to be uncommon amongst uncommon people. Period.” –
85. “No one is you and that is your power.” – Anonymous
86. “He who obeys, does not listen to himself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
87. “Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” –
88. “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” –
89. “Being true to yourself is better than being a liar.” – Anonymous
90. “Can you live completely without ambition, completely without ever comparing yourself with another?” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
91. “Only those who can accept their own annihilation can have the courage to be true individuals.” –
92. “You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant?” – Dr. Seuss
93. “Let yourself be yourself.” – Anonymous
94. “We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.” – Andre Berthiaume
95. “You, being yourself, unknowingly inspire others to be themselves.” – Mooji
96. “I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
97. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” –
98. “To be authentic is to be at peace with our imperfections.” – Simon Sinek
99. “Remember, it’s okay to be yourself.” – Richard Branson
100. “My philosophy is: it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.” –
101. “The superior man follows nobody else’s path.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
102. “You are who you are when nobody’s watching.” – Stephen Fry
103. “Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself—exactly oneself and no one else.” –
104. “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” – Coco Chanel
105. “There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.” – Steve Maraboli
106. “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare
107. “I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
108. “An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.” – Honoré de Balzac
109. “To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono
110. “If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
111. “When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.” –
112. “When you see a mob doing something, it should make you less likely to do it yourself, not more likely.” – Paul Graham
113. “Be yourself. People don’t have to like you, and you don’t have to care.” – Anonymous
114. “If you want to be yourself, sometimes you can’t compare the economic benefit with art.” – Kelly Liang
115. “Be yourself. That is something you can do better than anyone else. Listen to that inner voice and bravely follow it.” – Anonymous
116. “I’ve always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.” – Dita Von Teese
117. “This above all: to thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare
118. “What is the seal of liberation? No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
119. “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” –
120. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
121. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
122. “Just stick to your principles. And rest assured that, if you remain true to them, the same people who made fun of you will come to admire you.” – Epictetus
123. “Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. That’s what it means to be true to yourself.” –
124. “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.” – Gianni Versace
125. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” –
126. “Accept right now that you are magnificent. Being your real, true, authentic self is what’s most awesome about you.” – Gabby Bernstein
127. “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” – Tyrion Lannister
128. “You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.” – Robert Greene
129. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform—or pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
130. “You create yourself moment to moment. You are not born as a fixed entity, but only as an infinite potentiality.” – Osho
131. “If you don’t set your own values, other people will.” – Shane Parrish
132. “Keep being yourself inside you. Keep visualizing what you are aiming for in life. Be patient and know that you will get what you want one day.” – Yoko Ono
133. “If you know your being, there is no question of becoming. All that you could have ever imagined to become you already are.” – Osho
134. “Stop caring about impact and just be the best version of you possible—then you’ll naturally have an impact.” – Naval Ravikant
135. “You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.” –
136. “If you don’t say what you think, then you kill your unborn self.” – Jordan Peterson
137. “When you truly don’t care what anyone thinks of you, you have reached a dangerously awesome level of freedom.” – Anonymous
138. “The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.” – Paul Graham
139. “It’s a simple fact of life: if you want to do something incredible, something that makes you stand out above the rest, then you have to become comfortable being different—that means being misunderstood, criticized, even hated.” – Mark Manson
140. “Just be who you want to be, not what others want to see.” – Anonymous
141. “The tighter you cling to your current identity, the harder it becomes to grow beyond it.” – James Clear
142. “Stop letting other people define you, be yourself and be proud of it.” – Anonymous
143. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Dr. Seuss
144. “There’s a point, around the age of 20, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
145. “To become what one is, one must not have the faintest idea what one is.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
146. “Humans are born free, but habituated by society to obey by default. Flex your freedom muscle by questioning instead of blindly following authority.” – Justin Kan
147. “You cannot accept others as they are if you don’t accept yourself as you are.” – Shane Parrish
148. “Remember: no attachment should grow, no clinging should grow. They are all against your independence, your freedom, your individuality.” – Osho
149. “One has to be a teacher to oneself and a disciple of oneself; there is no authority, there is only understanding.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
150. “Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” – Benjamin Disraeli
151. “There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.” – Anthony Rapp
152. “No other version, no matter how perfect it is, would ever feel better than being your true self.” – Edmond Mbiaka
153. “I’d rather be a freak than a clone.” – Joanne Harris
154. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” –
155. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder
156. “Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.” – Anonymous
157. “Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” – Julius Charles Hare
158. “Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” – St. Catherine of Sienna
159. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” – Oscar Wilde
160. “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.” – Dave Pelzer
161. “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 . It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.” –
162. “We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.” – François de la Rochefoucauld
163. “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.” –
164. “I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.” – Bobby Brown
165. “Just be yourself, and enjoy the blessings that God’s borne out on you.” – Delilah
166. “Be different; be unique; be yourself.” – Christina Grimmie
167. “Intuition is allergic to conformity.” – Bill Masur
168. “Become who you are.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
169. “Stop letting the world keep score for you.” – Shane Parrish
170. “What the world craves is authenticity.” – Naval Ravikant
171. “To lead others, one must find one’s own direction.” – Zhuangzi
172. “Conformity gets you nowhere.” – Neil Strauss
173. “Be yourself, but always your better self.” – Karl G. Maeser
174. “Just be yourself. Life is too short to be someone else.” – Anonymous
175. “Our own life has to be our message.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
176. “You eliminate competition by being yourself.” – Dan Go
177. “It is a waste of energy to follow anybody.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
178. “Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable.” – Conor McGregor
179. “We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.” – Alice Walker
180. “Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself.” – Robert Greene
181. “Be the person your dog thinks you are.” – Ricky Gervais
182. “Own who you are.” – Anonymous
183. “Just be you, be beautiful, and be comfortable in your own skin.” – Helen Edwards
184. “Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” – Alan Watts
185. “By being yourself, you put something beautiful into the world that was not there before.” – Edwin Elliot
186. “At the bottom, every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
187. “I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.” – Johnny Depp
188. “He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.” – Raymond Hull
189. “Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.” – Homer
190. “Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.” –
191. “Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can’t be in life.” – Meg Medina
192. “How many more of us are faking the facade? How many more of us are pretending to be something we’re not? Even better, how many of us will have the courage to be ourselves regardless of what others think?” – Katie McGarry
193. “Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” –
194. “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” – Winnie the Pooh
195. “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” – Lao Tzu
196. “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.” – Joe Casanova
197. “Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.” – Toby Keith
198. “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.” – Harold Whitman
199. “Take the time to come home to yourself every day.” – Robin Casarjean
200. “The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.” – Zhuangzi