Quotes on Just Be Yourself

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used the baseball world to talk about their product. Not too much, just enough to keep going. Just be yourself and you'll never have a problem. That's what I did.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

You are the only one of you. From the beginning of time till the end of this world to the end of eternity. There's only one of you ever created. Ev-er. You are the only you. That's pretty powerful. So why on earth would you want to look like anybody else, dress like anyone else, dance like anyone else, be someone else, when you are a legend in your own right?

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

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.