Be Yourself Inspirational Quotes

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

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ~ Marilyn Monroe

There are more gifts in who you are than there are in who you think you want to be. ~ Julieanne O'Connor

Trust that you are inspiring and capable of providing hope to one or millions of lives just by being yourself along your life journey. ~ Elaina Marie

Why would you pretend to not be you, when you are created as you? ~ Nathan Hong

Don't let anyone fool you. The stars are always shining. And you don't just see them in the dark. The sun is a star, and it provides light for all of us. ~ Halle Teart

Not everyone is going to love us. And that's OK. There's nothing like rejection to make a vulnerable person question their worth. But do not let your reflection in the mirror be distorted by what you imagined someone else saw. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

I am exploring the beautiful world. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

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

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

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

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position. ~ Leo Buscaglia

You owe it to yourself to be yourself. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.") ~ Maya Angelou

I am free to dream.
I am free to love.
I am free to write. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

In the end, all disguises must drop. ~ Gregory Maguire

Being different is not bad. It means you are brave enough to be yourself..... ~ Unknown

Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself! ~ Henry Miller

But may the truth be told. May the true self may be found. May the truth rule the world more than ever. How easy life will be if everyone is just true to themselves, true to their words, true to their actions and true to life? ~ Diana Rose Morcilla

Be unapologetically you.....Don't apologize for who you are or what you are. Just be YOU and those that matter will be drawn to you and those that aren't will not matter. ~ Nanette Mathews

Be hard.
Be blunt.
Don't water down
your soul.
Be real.
Be yourself.
Don't change for
the audience.
Take on
the world.
Don't flow
with the tide. ~ Avijeet Das

Don't ever apologize for who you are or what you want. ~ Amelia Legend

Live like you want, not how others want you to live. ~ Anonymous

Be your own self. Love what YOU love. ~ Ray Bradbury

The truth is that we don't need everyone to like us; we need a few people to love us. Because what's better than being roundly liked is being fully known - an impossibility both professionally and personally if you're so busy being likable that you forget to be yourself. ~ Jessica Valenti

Life has no remote ... get up and change it yourself! ~ Mark A. Cooper

This is not about you making a million dollars. This is about you embracing the journey. The success was in finally taking this path. And by doing that you are empowering yourself! You are saying, 'My voice matters! What I feel matters! Who I am matters!' That is a full victory right there. ~ Laura Lynne Jackson

You need to change the questions you ask yourself and of your situations, in order to change the trajectory of your life. These are questions that will help you define and refine your purpose. ~ Archibald Marwizi

Ll K Hamilton
Some days the lion eats you, but some times you shove your arm down it's throat and pull it's visera out through it's mouth and kill it. Of course, sometimes it bites your arm off, and then eats you, but you tried, that's what counts. Some days it's not about winning, but about fighting. If you don't try, the lion will most definetely eat you. But sometimes when you put your all into something, and don't give up even when the odds are so against you, you surprise the lion and yourself, and you win. ~ Laurell K. Hamilton

Just be yourself and wear deodorant. ~ Jhene Aiko

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence.
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence. ~ Enigma

I am an artist, and I am a piece of art. ~ Talismanist Giebra

You are your own soul mate, so love and treat yourself in the same way you would your life partner. ~ Miya Yamanouchi

From the minute you start school, you're fed a bunch of lies: Be yourself. Don't follow the crowd, blah blah. What they really mean is: Follow the crowd. Just make sure it's the right one."' – Total Constant Order (208) ~ Crissa-Jean Chappell

Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness. ~ Robin S. Sharma

If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something. ~ Gloria Steinem

Renew, release, let go. Yesterday's gone. There's nothing you can do to bring it back. You can't "should've" done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day! ~ Steve Maraboli

Be yourself, you will not get a second chance to.
- Daniel, Age 12, Munich, Germany, October 14 ~ R.J. Palacio

Do what you are passionate about. Do it for yourself, nobody else. ~ Avina Celeste

It is a fight and struggle to just be yourself. ~ Brooke Valentine

Though you may feel that you cannot improve the world, you can always improve yourself. In doing so, the world becomes a better place. ~ John Bruna

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough. ~ Edward Everett Hale

Sometimes staying strong means not putting yourself in uncomfortable or triggering situations. ~ Demi Lovato

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. ~ Barbara Cook

The freedom from something is not true freedom. The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom I am talking about. My vision of freedom is to be yourself. ~ Rajneesh

Don't deserve yourself to anything, unless and until u deserve it. ~ Khalid

You cannot feel connected with others when you have disconnected from yourself. ~ Jacqui Olliver

I just like ladies who have class ... just be yourself and let your personality shine and let your individuality show. To me, that's sexier. A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion ~ Queen Latifah

The real you, the inner you, loves and adores you; but you cut off that power when you think badly of yourself. ~ Sue Fitzmaurice

Your journey through life and self-discovery is much like the start of a new day. As you grow, develop, and reinvent yourself, the tendrils of light tear through the darkness of your untapped potential and uncharted territory. As you learn more, discover your life's purpose, and establish a vision for your future, the light shines through on your true self. ~ Thomas Narofsky

It's called an inner voice for a reason. It's the gnawing feeling inside your stomach telling you yes or no. It's the one voice in your life that isn't tampered by other's biased opinions, scars, feelings or thoughts. Go with it, you know yourself better than anyone ever does. ~ Hope Alcocer

I am not here to bow, I`m here to conquer. My purpose in life, is bigger than any obstacle. ~ Nurudeen Ushawu

You deserve to live your best life now, so set yourself free by forgiving and letting go of that hurt you've been holding on to. ~ Jamie Larbi

Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past. ~ Christopher Babson