Top 100 Quotes About Being Yourself
#1. Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.
Viggo Mortensen
#2. Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.
Emmy Rossum
#3. Charm is simply a matter of being yourself. Your uniqueness is your power.
Keith Ferrazzi
#4. You change the world by being yourself.
Yoko Ono
#5. Being yourself is not remaining where you are, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure.
Sydney J. Harris
#6. I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.
Miranda Lambert
#8. Being yourself is what will make you survive through anything. If you make music to please someone, it's the first step in the wrong direction. Always do what you believe in, no matter what people say. Only way to go!
Zedd
#9. Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
Natasha Leggero
#10. If you can't relax during your interview, then nothing you do to prepare will matter. Being yourself is essential to the selection process, and interviewers will feel it if you're too nervous. Showing fear or anxiety appears weak compared to a relaxed smile and genuine confidence.
Travis Bradberry
#11. Growing up, theres a lot of pressure to be normal. But normal isnt as fun as being yourself.
Bridgit Mendler
#12. Ascension through all levels of consciousness and awareness can only happen when you live life as you, and not how others think you should live. How could self-realization possibly be anything other than being yourself?
Bryant McGill
#13. Step into the center of the center of the center - right into your Now - and see: how elegant and honest this moment is. Just being yourself, a world to hold your feet, a universe to lift your gaze, a heart beating - constant, in the center of it all.
Laurie Perez
#14. Always remember who you are. Know that you are never required to apologize to anyone for being yourself.
Iyanla Vanzant
#15. "Freedom, individualism, authenticity and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: Sustained success comes only when you take what's unique about you and figure out how to make it useful!"
Marcus Buckingham
#16. It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.
Florida Scott-Maxwell
#17. I know that it can be hard to believe that someone loves you if you are afraid of being yourself, or if you are not exactly sure who you are. It can be hard to believe that someone won't leave.
Ava Dellaira
#18. That is the key of this collection, being yourself. 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
#19. There's merit in being different, inspiration in being individual, courage in being unique, and freedom in being yourself.
Fennel Hudson
#21. Being attractive for a few hours some evening is hardly worth being that unattractive all day (in hot rollers). Being yourself and being natural with a man is wonderful, but being downright unattractive with him is foolish.
Diane Von Furstenberg
#22. The moment I realised anyone could be watching - and this is going to sound so name-droppy - was when Ricky Martin reached out to me on Coming Out Day 2012. The Internet has this massive potential, and you can never know the effect you might have on others by just being yourself.
Tyler Oakley
#23. Love is richest, most genuine, and most long lasting when you focus on being yourself and doing everything you can to make it possible for the other person to be him- or herself.
Mira Kirshenbaum
#24. Being yourself doesn't attract women ... being your most attractive self, does.
Zan Perrion
#25. You, being yourself, help others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.
Jane Roberts
#26. I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do.
Avril Lavigne
#27. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.
Brian Molko
#28. Transcending mind-made limitations doesn't mean you stop being yourself. On the contrary, you become more yourself than ever before.
Steve Ross
#30. In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.
Thomas Merton
#31. When you're truly happy, you are being yourself.
Robert Holden
#32. Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of others.
John Wooden
#33. There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.
Iggy Azalea
#34. When you are a child you are yourself and you know and see everything prophetically. And then suddenly something happens and you stop being yourself; you become what others force you to be. You lose your wisdom and your soul.
Jean Rhys
#35. If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.
Michael A. Stackpole
#36. The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.
Reese Witherspoon
#37. 'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.
Lady Gaga
#38. The best thing you have to offer the world is yourself. You don't have to copy anyone else. If you do, you're second best. To achieve success is to be first, and that's being yourself.
John Denver
#39. If you want to succeed you must never stop learning, never stop trying and just keep being yourself. You are your own person. You make the choices in life that affect you.
Ruby Rose
#42. A lot of people forget that their individuality is what makes them so special. Growing up, there's a lot of pressure to be normal. but normal isn't as fun as being yourself. And it's those things about you that really draw people to you.
Bridgit Mendler
#43. Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.
Mary Lou Williams
#44. You can always care [about what others think]. You probably always will care. But don't let it dictate your choices and what you want and what you want to accomplish and who you want to be. Don't let anyone get in the way of that. That's being yourself.
Jenna Marbles
#45. Don't be afraid of being yourself, but be afraid of being somebody else.
Ben Tolosa
#46. Just take this as a warning. Know that there's always a price for not being yourself.
Benilde Little
#48. Being yourself in a world which wants you to be someone else is the highest possible attainment.
Bryant McGill
#49. I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.
Andrew Mason
#50. I don't think people are skeptical. I think people appreciate the authenticity, actually. I think people are looking for authentic leaders these days and being yourself.
Mark T Bertolini
#51. Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, Chaos is being yourself.
Emil Cioran
#52. And anyone will tell you that's the whole point. You want to meet someone who likes the same things you do, and who likes you most when you're most being yourself.
B.J. Novak
#53. Don't focus on being different, focus on being yourself - and your difference will naturally shine through!
Kevin Eikenberry
#54. Be yourself. If you water yourself down to please people or to fit in or to not offend anyone, you lose the power, the passion, the freedom and the joy of being uniquely you. It's much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.
Don Coppersmith
#55. To live in a world that requires you to become someone else, being yourself is your best choice and most valuable accomplishment."
-Steven Cuoco
Steven Cuoco
#56. But how far do you go for love? How much of your life do you give up for a single person? And how much do you let yourself change? When you stop being yourself, who will you become?
Katie Kacvinsky
#57. The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.
Meryl Streep
#59. Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.
Kim Cattrall
#60. Carrying confidence isn't being the person everyone likes, it's being yourself, regardless of who likes you.
Nikki Rowe
#61. Just do you. Go with the flow and with your life because that's you experiencing life. You being yourself is you doing your purpose, so the more we get out of the mindset of thinking there's a certain way to go about things, the more free we become.
Keke Palmer
#62. I'm always so glad,' Sylvie murmured, 'that I don't have to take a turn at being other people.'
'You're very good at being yourself,' Ursula said, aware that it didn't necessarily sound like a compliment.
'Well, I've had years of practice.
Kate Atkinson
#63. Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.
Matt Groening
#64. To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.
Napoleon Hill
#65. Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There's no formula to it. It's just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people - of being yourself.
Mary Ellen Mark
#66. Rather than putting your energy into being special, put your whole energy into being yourself. Just find yourself, because in trying to be special you are running further and further away from yourself.
Osho
#67. Life's most rewarding forms of being: Being patient, and, being yourself.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
#68. What is style? It is an effortless confidence in being yourself, it is a way of putting yourself together according to your mood and what you want to project. Personal style appears to come naturally for some, but for others it can take a while to find it!
Diane Von Furstenberg
#69. I just want girls to realize, everybody's born a way for a reason, and you are who you are. You should just be yourself at all times. The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.
Nikki Blonsky
#70. It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do
or don't do.
Simone De Beauvoir
#71. We want to raise the children the parents aren't raising. I think we want to press individuality on people, though that doesn't necessarily mean being like us. But, it doesn't mean that if you come dressed like us that you aren't being yourself.
Twiggy
#72. Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone don't be someone else just be yourself.
Selena Gomez
#73. If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself.
Zendaya
#74. It's not about believing in yourself; it's about being yourself
take action!!
Shannon L. Alder
#75. One possible sign of low self-esteem is suppressing parts of yourself so you can fill someone else's expectations of what you should be. You try to fill someone else's (or your own) prescription of perfection, instead of being yourself and embracing your originality.
Robin Meade
#76. There are no rules when it comes to being yourself. You're unlimited as long as you don't limit yourself.
Lisa Cimorelli
#77. I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.
Darren Criss
#78. Hotness is uniqueness and just being yourself - that's hot.
Ryan Cabrera
#79. Never make an excuse for being yourself, no one's going to do it better.
Ron Baratono
#80. Just really be yourself, and if being yourself means you play two snare drums and nothing else, then play two snare drums and nothing else! Really figure out who you are and how you want your drums to feel because it's a very emotional instrument.
Janet Weiss
#81. You can be sorry you aren't perfect, but never be sorry for being yourself.
Gabriel Macht
#82. Being consistent is WAY less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project.
Merlin Mann
#83. You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
Andrew Davies
#84. 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
#85. There comes a time when you just have to be willing to decide what is more important to you and leave behind the things that stand in your way or hold you back from being yourself.
Heather Linn
#87. I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.
Jamie Bell
#88. Gratefulness is not just saying "thank you." It's acting. It is being yourself. A mother is grateful, shows gratefulness by mothering, a scientist by doing science.
David Steindl-Rast
#90. Courage is being yourself in a world that almost seems to endorse conformity.
Todd William
#91. Accept the responsibility of being yourself as you are, with all that is good and with all that is bad, with all that is beautiful and that which is not beautiful. In that acceptance a transcendence happens and one becomes free.
Rajneesh
#92. You're unique, amazing
Like no one else
You have the exclusive
On being yourself.
Don Coppersmith
#93. Being yourself is easier than trying to be someone else. The former requires no effort.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
#94. No matter how many thousands 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.
Toba Beta
#95. I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.
Bobby Brown
#96. Being yourself is the one thing you can always be the best at because only you can do it.
Ruth G Juliano
#97. The lesson was clear and I learned it well: blind acquiescence was necessary to gain approval; being yourself only earned condemnation.
Tehmina Durrani
#98. Only when you are being yourself, can you love someone or be with him or her truly. Honour your own wants, desires and dreams. Trust your own taste, judgements and choices before you can share yourself with anyone.
Malti Bhojwani
#99. Being yourself is far more important than the style of handbag you choose to carry.
Lisa Robinson
#100. It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.
Marilyn Manson
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