1. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those that matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss

2. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

3. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

5. “Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” – Roy T. Bennett

6. “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” – Roy T. Bennett

7. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” – Lao Tzu

8. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland

9. “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

10. “Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.” – Brian Tracy

11. “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

12. “Let others determine your worth and you’re already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.” – Peter V. Brett

13. “What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else’s opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people’s opinions control you.” – Roy T. Bennett

14. “You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.” – Wayne W. Dyer

15. “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” – Germany Kent

16. “We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” – Virginia Satir

17. “Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one’s own, it is always twenty times better.” – Margaret Oliphant

18. “Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone don’t be someone else just be yourself.” – Selena Gomez

19. “To be oneself, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.” – Irving Wallace

20. “There are some values that you should never compromise on to stay true to yourself; you should be brave to stand up for what you truly believe in even if you stand alone.” – Roy T. Bennett

21. “Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

22. “Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.” – Jim Carrey

23. “Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, ‘I will simply be.” – Henry David Thoreau

24. “Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.” – Nora Roberts

25. “My best advice is to be yourself. Unless you’re psychotic, then you might want to try a different tactic.” – Gwen Hayes

26. “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

27. “The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty.” – Sophia Nam

28. “Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world.” – Roy T. Bennett

29. “You can’t be yourself within jealousy.” – Toba Beta

30. “Shine with all you have. When someone tries to blow you out, just take their oxygen and burn brighter.” – Katelyn S. Irons

31. “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

32. “Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.” – Criss Jami

33. “Life is like butter – when things cool down it can be reshaped” – Alan Sheinwald

34. “It’s hard to remember who you were when you’re constantly pretending to be someone you’re not.” – Amy Ewing

35. “A person who is truly cool is a work of art. And remember, original works of art cost exponentially higher than imitations. Just take a look at the coolest people in history. They will always be a part of history for being extremely original individuals, not imitations.” – Suzy Kassem

36. “She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, and so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, then passed right by – and never knew.” – Shel Silverstein

37. “Only someone wishing to disappear would ever strive to ‘fit in’.” – Shaun Hick

38. “Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself.” – Suzy Kassem

39. “[…] if you’re trying to show off for people, at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you’re trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.” – Mitch Albom

40. “Don’t fake it to be good to people. Whether you’re good or bad, those that will love you will love you. Don’t lower your standard to be accepted by others. Be yourself.” – Ojingiri Hannah

41. “Self-acceptance always precedes genuine self-surrender and self-transformation.” – David G. Benner

42. “You don’t have a self-confidence issue; you have a self-acceptance issue. Once you genuinely accept yourself, you don’t need to ‘be confident’ anymore, you can just ‘be’ yourself.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones

43. “Sometimes what tortures us is in our own mind.” – Rapha Ram

44. “Sometimes when you are feeling lonely, desperate and submerged, you think you’re drowning, but you can actually begin to grow water wings because now is your time to learn to swim.” – Kate Hudson-Hall

45. “Genuine self-knowledge begins by looking at God and noticing how God is looking at us.” – David G. Benner

46. “I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.” – Olivia Wilde

47. “When you close yourself off from people because they might end up hurting you, you shut out not only the hurt, but life itself. You have no control over what will happen to you, but you can choose whether to risk it all, or retreat.” – Damyanti Biswas

48. “Paradoxically, as we become more and more like Christ, we become more uniquely our own true self.” – David G. Benner

49. “It depends on whether you seek to live your own life or somebody else’s.” – Rapha Ram

50. “Before someone forms, an opinion about you form your opinion about yourself.” – Aiyaz Uddin

51. “If you can’t be yourself around others, who are you?” – Frank Sonnenberg

52. “Identity is never simply a creation. It is always a discovery. True identity is always a gift of God.” – David G. Benner

54. “Don’t fit in to get validated. Stand out rigorously and the let the original you shine.” – Hiral Nagda

55. “You have a unique trait to celebrate.” – Hiral Nagda

56. “What is the cost of holding back what is trying to be expressed through you?” – Allison Fallon

57. “You’d worry less about what they thought if you knew how little they did.” – Mike Skinner

58. “Your magic lies in the opposite direction of where the entire world is going.” – Hiral Nagda

59. “Wanting to be somebody is rather vague, being yourself is quite specific.” – Amit Kalantri

60. “We do not find our true self by seeking it. Rather, we find it by seeking God.” – David G. Benner

61. “Be exceptionally good at being yourself so that those around you feel comfortable being their own exceptional selves. This is how we subconsciously bring out the best in others: By unknowingly inspiring them just by being ourselves.” – Omar Cherif

62. “As you get comfortable revealing who you are, you help others stop fearing and concealing the magical feelings of who they are.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones

63. “Those who make a difference in this world are the ones who are not afraid of being different.” – Michael Bassey Johnson

64. “The Ego is the ‘thing’ that you’ve created to keep hiding from your Shadow, convinced that it’s all the ‘light’ or ‘good’ things about you – when in reality, the ego is neither ‘good’ nor ‘bad’ because it’s totally unreal.” – Oli Anderson

66. “It is better for someone to dislike you for who you are than to like you for who you are not.” – Adrienne Posey

67. “The problem with the false self is that it works. It helps us forget that we are naked. Before long, we are no longer aware of the underlying vulnerability and become comfortable once again.” – David G. Benner

68. “You are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

69. “Sometimes people with the greatest depth, appear to be like fish out of water.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones

70. “We are not the stories that others hear about is, we are the stories that we know about ourselves.” – Lauren Kasper

71. “It’s your smile that will win hearts and it’s your Attitude that will leave the mark.” – Dr Prem Jagyasi

72. “Have your own opinions, stand up for your own beliefs. You have your own brain, so use it.” – Kailin Gow

73. “I’m learning there is no one way for life to be lived, no one way to be strong or brave or kind or good. Rather there are many people doing the best they can with their heart they are given and the hand they are dealt.” – Mackenzi Lee

74. “Fear is a funny thing…. The very instinct designed to protect us also holds us back.” – Ruth Soukup

75. “The number of people who changed the world pales when compared to the number of people who the world changed.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana