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