Be Yourself Quotes

Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.

~ Mrs. Oliphant

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

~ E.l. Konigsburg

If you think you’re good people, and if you are, how would you know? Is it something you always knew? Or was it something you found? Some people are naturally good at it […]. Is it worth trying to be something you’re not? Just because it’s right?

~ Jen Wang

I looked for company and i found myself.

~ Pushpa Rana

In the end, all disguises must drop.

~ Gregory Maguire

There are more gifts in who you are than there are in who you think you want to be.

~ Julieanne O'connor

If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself,“How can I participate in this community and still be who I am?

~ Gina Greenlee

It's a funny thing, how it works...The moment we stop trying so hard to be someone, we become ourselves--only what was there all along, waiting and peeking out from behind all the masks we wore.And when this happens, we discover that Who We Really Are is much greater than anything we might have pretended or even hoped to be.

~ Jacob Nordby

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

~ Maya Angelou

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

~ Wayne W. Dyer

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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

~ Virginia Satir

The little things, I can obey. The big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone—or any society—determine those for you.

~ Mitch Albom

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

~ Robert Browning

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

~ Bryce Courtenay

It’s just you, Little Monster. Own it or it will own you.

~ Penelope Douglas

Maybe the problem with lying is that once you start faking it, it's impossible to tell where the make-believe you ends and the real you begins. It's hard to be who you are, but it's even harder to keep up the lie.

~ Autumn Doughton

Follow your inner moonlight, don't hide the madness.

~ Allen Ginsberg

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

~ Lao Tzu

‎Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cuz we were born this way bitch!

~ Lady Gaga

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

~ Gerard Way

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.

~ Cassandra Clare

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

~ Lao Tzu

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

~ Toba Beta

I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.

~ Marilyn Manson

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

~ J.a. Redmerski

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

~ Selena Gómez

My best advice is to be yourself. Unless you’re psychotic, then you might want to try a different tactic.

~ Gwen Hayes

Very few people do this any more. It's too risky. First of all, it's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.

~ Sylvia Plath

Keep thinking back about what Mum said about being real and the Velveteen Rabbit book (though frankly have had enough trouble with rabbits in this particular house). My favorite book, she claims of which I have no memory was about how little kids get one toy that they love more than all the others, and even when its fur has been rubbed off, and it's gone saggy with bits missing, the little child still thinks it's the most beautiful toy in the world, and can't bear to be parted from it.That's how it works, when people really love each other, Mum whispered on the way out in the Debenhams lift, as if she was confessing some hideous and embarrassing secret. But, the thing is, darling, it doesn't happen to ones who have sharp edges, or break if they get dropped, or ones made of silly synthetic stuff that doesn't last. You have to be brave and let the other person know who you are and what you feel.

~ Helen Fielding

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

~ John Jakes

Everyone's on the cliff edge of normal. Everyone finds life an utter nightmare sometimes, and there's no 'normal' way of dealing with it... There is no normal, Evelyn.

~ Holly Bourne

Shine with all you have. When someone tries to blow you out, just take their oxygen and burn brighter.

~ Katelyn S. Bolds

Not the “be yourself” line. I loathe that line. As if Myself and Tic have met before and gotten along, so all I have to do is make sure Myself is there this time. So illogical.

~ Kasie West

The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.

~ Neil Gaiman

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

She wanted to be herself at all costs.

~ Kiera Cass

There’s nothing new. The novelty lies in being yourself.

~ Haresh Sippy

Modern man has too many masks to wear. We must unmask and be ourselves, sincerely, earnestly and live truly as we are

~ Gyomay M. Kubose

If you can BE your way through it, you can find your way to it.

~ Suzette Vearnon