Be Who You Are Quotes

Don't just be who you are and what you are. Move, evolve, change, grow and become better each day.-RVM ~ R.v.m.

For most things in life, you need time: to learn a new skill, build a house, become an expert, make a cup of tea ... Time is useless, however, for the most essential thing in life, the one thing that really matters: self-realization, which means knowing who you are beyond the surface self - beyond your name, your physical form, your history, your story.
You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can find yourself is in the Now.
Spiritual seekers look for self-realization or enlightenment in the future. To be a seeker implies that you need the future. If this is what you believe, it becomes true for you: you will need time until you realize that you don't need time to be who you are. ~ Eckhart Tolle

When you view (or think about) porn, a crummy feeling comes over you. It's the feeling of shame, or something like it. Shame changes your self view. It changes who you think you are, how you see yourself. You see yourself as ugly, and an undercurrent of resentment may start boiling up underneath. When you have this kind of self perception, you can't be vulnerable and open to the world. You can't allow yourself to be who you are. You have to keep your true self hidden from the world. You can't have intimacy. Intimacy is key to having a real relationship with anybody. When you view pornography, you destroy the possibility of intimacy with a partner and others, so a real relationship becomes impossible. You retreat out of interdependence with the world and into isolation where you can indulge in your addiction.

Along with the feeling of shame is the annihilation of boundaries. You can't defend yourself emotionally in the world. Words strike your soul while you're reeling from addiction. Everything hits you where it hurts. Minor inquiries by others feel like investigations of you. Your soul can't bear being seen, yet it's exposed entirely. The only recourse in a big, hurtful world, it seems, is to retreat and lick your wounds with the addiction again. ~ Fahad Shah

Being safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth. ~ Rachel Naomi Remen

It is never too late to be who you want to be. ~ George Eliot

When you stop pretending to be who you are not and start being yourself, there is a big risk: significant people in your life may not accept you and leave. Yet, when you stop being yourself and pretend to be who you are not, there is a much bigger risk: the people who would accept and love you just as you are, may not accept you and leave. ~ Franco Santoro

Don't ever become so preoccupied by who you want to be that you forget to be who you are. ~ Myles Munroe

Be who you are - whatever you are. ~ Alexandra Hedison

The best time to finally be who you are, respond to your deepest calling and do what you truly want, appears as the worst time to be and do what you truly want. So if now seems to be the worst time, this may be your best chance. ~ Franco Santoro

Know who you are and be who you are insofar as it is deem fit, for there is nothing so contemptuous to be who you are! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Be who you are, and find yourself so you can be your own person and enjoy life with no regret <3 ~ Bonnie Zackson Koury

I think it's always best to be who you are. ~ Halle Berry

Home isn't home when you cannot be who you are, when you are surrounded by hate." She met each of the Warriors' eyes. "Better to make a new home. Only then can you find peace. ~ Avery Cockburn

The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes for a happy ending is what Addie said all along: freedom. The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. - Bobby Goodspeed ~ James Howe

There are so many places, particularly right now. Go and volunteer at a food bank. If you play the piano, go play the piano in an Alzheimer's home. Or read in an Alzheimer's home. Help a military family with babysitting. The opportunities are endless. People often think 'They want me?' or 'I can be of help?' What we try to say here is 'Be who you are.'Feel that, live it and pass it on. ~ Maria Shriver

Nobody can tell you what to do. No matter what they pay you. No matter what obligations you feel you owe them. Every second defines you. Be who you are, not who anyone else is, or who anyone else wants you to be. ~ James Altucher

In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are. ~ Brenda Shoshanna

Remember who you are. It's really okay to be who you are. ~ Christina Ricci

Be who you are and be that well. ~ Francis De Sales

For crying out loud, stop comparing and start living! And you'll be happier with your life, I guarantee. This is crucial: the most difficult thing in the world is to be who you are not. Pretending and trying to be someone else is the official pastime of the human race. And the easiest thing in the world is to be yourself. Be happy. Live! There must be a reason why God made you tall or short or fat or thin or bumpy all over. Love who you are! ~ Bo Sanchez

Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be. ~ Enrique Iglesias

Have faith in who you are. Believe that you will recover, and it will truly happen. And don't judge yourself too harshly. Some things are meant to be, and you had to fall so that later you may rise and become what you are truly meant to be. ~ Joseph Delaney

What is happiness? Happiness is freedom. What is freedom? Freedom is the ability to live without fear of public perception; to be who you are no matter where you are. ~ Kaiylah Muhammad

Smile, don't frown. Look up don't look down. Believe in yourself Don't let yourself go. Just be who you are. And let your live flow. ~ Kirstie Alley

No matter what you set out to do and how you set out to do it, you ultimately have to be who you are, and who you are as that character. So, I paid as much homage as I could to what Michael Clarke did, and had to rely on my own gifts to guide me through it. ~ Dennis Haysbert

Let go of the labels that confine you. Be who you are. The unique person you were born to be! ~ Raven Williams

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

Being authentic means to be who you are, discover your strength and uniqueness, be yourself, even if you are not perfect, and nobody is. ~ Pearl Zhu

Be who you are, live how you want, do what you love. ~ Brittany Perloff

Sometimes you don't get to be who you are. ~ Sarah Noffke

I think my biggest learning experience is that it's okay to be who you are - you don't have to exactly fit the mold of what people think a certain kind of career is. I think that discovery - of really knowing who I am and being okay with that and loving myself - was amazing. ~ Dree Hemingway

Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity. ~ Brene Brown

Never pretend to be who you are not. It doesn't take long before the truth gets revealed and you'll be left hurt with the results. ~ Kemi Sogunle

Our Father in Heaven needs you to be who you are ... You are very important. ~ Sharon G. Larsen

sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it is their duty to do the interpretation ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Be who you are, not who you are forced to be... ~ Stef Schuurman

Life is too short not to be who you are ~ Libba Bray

As for wondering if it's okay to be who you are--that's not a symptom of mental illness. That's a symptom of being a person. ~ Jeff Garvin

Few experiences are more satisfying than becoming someone we always imagined we could be. ~ Gina Greenlee

Easy is nice, but it's not as good as getting to be who you are or stand up for what you believe in. ~ Laurie Frankel

It's very nice to be able to be who you are. ~ Andrew Tobias

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are. ~ Queen Latifah

Maybe that's what growing up is. When you can't be who you are and do what everyone's telling you to do at the same time anymore. - Rowie from Sister Mischief ~ Laura Goode

Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love. ~ Ajahn Brahm

Be who you are and what you are; for if you think of what others think of you, you will become what others think of you. Rather, be what you want to be!-RVM ~ R.v.m.

But I have to tell you, I get it all day, every day, I'm not sexy enough, or I'm not cool enough, or if I did this I would be accepted. Let me tell you one thing: the sexiest thing is class. I promise you that each and every one of you is made to be who you are. That is what's so attractive and beautiful. Please don't forget that, even when it gets hard. ~ Selena Gomez

You do it for yourself. You don't expect to change the world. You don't even expect to influence your family or your friends. You do it because you can't not do it and be who you are. Or who you're meant to be. ~ Martin Sheen

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works. ~ Summer Glau

You see, we were able to give you something, something which even now no one will ever take from you, and we were able to do that principally by sheltering you. Hailsham would not have been Hailsham if we hadn't. Very well, sometimes that meant we kept things from you, lied to you. Yes, in many ways we fooled you, I suppose you could even call it that. But we sheltered you during those years, and we gave you your childhoods. Lucy was well-meaning enough. But if she'd have her way, your happiness at Hailsham would have been shattered. Look at you both now! I'm so proud to see you both. You built your lives on what we gave you. You wouldn't be who you are today if we'd not protected you. You wouldn't have become absorbed in your lessons, you wouldn't have lost yourselves in your art and your writing. Why should you have done, knowing what lay in store for each of you? You would have told us it was all pointless, and how could we have argued with you? So she had to go. ~ Kazuo Ishiguro

You should never turn your back on the market that gave you notoriety and be who you are and give you the numbers it gives you in the United States. I can't deny that the success I've had in the United States or the success that 'Pulling Strings' was due to my work in Latin America. ~ Jaime Camil

You got to be who you are when you are. ~ Snoop Dogg

Who would you be if you weren't facing all these difficulties?" I heard back from the depths of my soul, "She would not be who she was created to be, just like you would not be who you are without your own struggles. ~ Melissa Ohden

True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are. ~ Brene Brown

Be who you are,nobody likes to be copied! ~ Morgan Musseau

You have been called to be who you are - the whole luminous light. No one can dim your light when you are fully present to the depth and breadth of it. ~ Debbie Ford

Stop being afraid to be who you are. There is no reason that you must live up to some sort of societal expectation. Be who you are without fear of rejection. Be the one who accepts you. ~ Avina Celeste

Be who you are, and go the whole way. ~ Laozi

If a person is confident enough in the way they feel, whether it's an art form or whether it's just in life, it comes off
you don't have anything to prove; you can just be who you are. ~ Clint Eastwood

Never crave to be known for someone you are not. Be who you are in the day and when the lights are off, remain true! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

The message of this band [All Time Low] is go out and do what you want to do and believe in yourself and that it's okay to do that. It's okay to be who you are. ~ Alex Gaskarth

Everything you have done and been through is valuable and important. In order to be who you are, to know what you know, to be where you are in this moment, you needed to go through what you went through. ~ Iyanla Vanzant

Be who you are, don't be a pretender,
if you tell the truth, you don't have to remember. ~ Freequill

Make lists of positive aspects. Make lists of things you love - and never complain about anything. And as you use those things that shine bright and make you feel good as your excuse to give your attention and be who-you-are, you will tune to who-you-are, and the whole world will begin to transform before your eyes. It is not your job to transform the world for others-but it is your job to transform it for you. A state of appreciation is pure Connection to Source where there is no perception of lack. ~ Esther Hicks

It is a responsibility to be who you are and not let this sport [racing] change you and not let the good runs and success or the bad runs change you. You've got to be the same person all the time. ~ Trevor Bayne

You don't have to say anything. You don't have to teach anything. You just have to be who you are: a bright flame shining in the darkness of despair, a shining example of a person able to cross bridges by opening your heart and mind. ~ Tsoknyi Rinpoche

You don't have to be who you are, if you don't like it. No matter what, you can be who you were meant to be. ~ Daniel Vlcek

Feel the greatness

This is a great day to be alive. This is a great day to be who you are, where you are, and the way you are.

On this day, you can begin by assuming the best. Then you can follow through and do everything in your power to make it happen.

Today there will be all kinds of challenges and frustrations. And today, you can use each one of them as a way to grow stronger, more compassionate, more capable and more accomplished.

This is a day that's too unique and precious to waste. This is a day that's filled with new and exciting possibilities for making a difference.

Though there are certainly things to complain about, there is much more to be thankful for. Focus on the gratitude instead of the shortcomings, and you'll invite today's special flavor of abundance into your life.

This is a great day to be positive, purposeful and filled with enthusiasm for all you can do. Feel all the potential greatness in this day, and get busy bringing it to life in your own special way.

- Ralph Marston ~ Bianca Harrison

Any illness is a direct message to you that tells you how you have not been loving who you are, cherishing yourself in order to be who you are. This is the basis of all healing. ~ Barbara Brennan

So say F**k It to whatever you want to be. And just be who you are. There is no need to be anything else. There is no need to self-develop, or improve. There is no need to be like anyone else. You ~ John C. Parkin

One of the central motivations for holiness in the New Testament is to be who you are, to understand your identity and your union in Christ and to live that way. ~ Kevin DeYoung

You growing up to be who you are is like a flower growing through a crack in the sidewalk. ~ Anne Malcom

Have the confidence to be who you are, and allow others the courtesy of being who they are, without judgement. ~ Monica Alexander

There is a certain depth of illness that is piercing in it's isolation: the only rule of existence is uncertainty, and the only movement is the passage of time. One cannot bear to live through another loss of function, and sometimes friends and family cannot bear to watch. An unspoken, unbridgeable divide may widen. Even if you are still who you were, you cannot actually fully be who you are. ~ Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Find out who you really are, then accept who you are. Fight for your life every day to be who you are. ~ Ari Up

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom. ~ Patti Smith

Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what. ~ Denzel Washington

You are what you are. People will see you as they see you, which in my experience says a lot more about who they are than who you are. Being true to yourself and giving yourself permission to be who you are and to love who you love... that's what it's all about. The rest... the rest is unimportant in the grand scheme of things. ~ Ingrid Díaz

What does dance give you? The freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do. ~ Arthur Mitchell

"Faye, darlin', I want you to hear this and get it, what you just gave me was the most beautiful thing I've ever been given in ... my ... life. What you'll give me later I know from what I've already had, not just now but since I've known you, will be even more beautiful. With me, anytime, anywhere, you're safe. But of the anytime and anyplace you're with me, the place you're safest is right here, in my bed. You never have to be embarrassed. You can ask questions. You can react how you want. You can be who you are. If I'm doin' something you don't like, you can stop me. Nothin' will ever happen in this bed that you'll be uncomfortable with. I swear to you, baby. You're safe here and you always will be." ~ Kristen Ashley

RVM Thoughts for Today
Don't just be who you are and what you are. Move, Evolve, Change, Grow and become Better each Day. ~ R.v.m.

Own your history and be who you are. To hide bits and pieces of yourself out of shame or fear is to be half-alive. To offer only half of yourself to others is to cheat them and yourself. ~ Margo Christie

America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. ~ Paul Singer

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

Don't be afraid to be who you are, we were created to perfect in our own imperfect way. ~ Kendal Rob

Be who you are. Find your own voice. Lead from the heart ~ Dave Carpenter

I think you sort of shed skins as you go along in life. You get into your 40s, and you feel like, 'OK, no more pretending.' You get to just be who you are. ~ Annette Bening

To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living. ~ Alvin Ailey

You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time. ~ T.D. Jakes

Your looks are an important part of who you are." He winds a lock of my hair around his finger. "You wouldn't be who you are, the same personality, if you'd grown up looking different. You're a blend of your body and your soul. ~ Carol Riggs

Always be who YOU are, be self-aware, and love yourself tremendously! ~ Zulay Henao

You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be who you are and not walk around telling people. ~ Amy Ray

Because I know what it feels like to be used, valued only for what you can do ... not who you are, not who you want to be. ~ Sophie Jordan

It's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. ~ Stephen Chbosky

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are. ~ Antony Sher

If I look at the message I'm portraying, I think it definitely is be who you are, but be your best you. ~ Kim Kardashian

You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts. ~ Gabrielle Roth

It's OK to feel sad, cry, be who you are. If you are happy smile. If you are sad, cry. This is the beauty of life. Allow yourself to feel it ~ Brian E. Miller

You don't need permission to be who you are, the universe already gave you permission. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never bury somethin' deep, baby," he murmured. "Takes twice as much courage to be who you are, say what you think, feel what you feel and let it show then it does to bury it. That shit you been holdin' onto will destroy you. You got a safe place to get rid of it, and you do, then you get rid of it like ~ Kristen Ashley

Are you ready to be 'WHO YOU ARE'? Or have we allowed ourselves to 'BE' because of others? Have we given 'PERMISSION to people to 'CO-SIGN' on our lives??? REMEMBER..Most people will NEVER give you permission to do what they CAN'T DO or are CAPABLE OF ! Your LIFE should have YOUR signature, no one else's! ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee