Quotes on Be You

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

We'll dive into the earth together. And if one day a wild flower finds water and springs up from that piece of earth, its stem will have two blooms for sure: one will be you, the other me.

Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use your time. It is yours. Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you with an infinite love.

Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

My right to be me is tied with a thousand threads to your right to be you.

I just thought I‘d never look good in what everybody else wore. So there’s no point trying. You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t look like everybody else. Be you. That’s our gift and we’ve got to celebrate that, but it does take ages. I was wracked with self-doubt for years. I get spasms of it even now – I’m not indelibly self-confident.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.

Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendours and bears likeness of you, Most High One.

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.