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- Inspirational Be Yourself Quotes
- Funny Quotes About Being Yourself
- Positive Be True To Yourself Quotes
- Be Yourself & Unique Quotations
- Be Yourself Quotes For Self Confidence
- Happiness Quotes To Inspire Bravery
- Short Be Yourself Quotes
Inspirational Be Yourself Quotes

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

2. “Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

3. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – André Gide

4. “The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.” – Dave Chappelle

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

6. “Living by your core values has these benefits: It gives you permission to be yourself.” – James O’Donnell

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

8. “The freedom to be yourself is a gift only you can give yourself. But once you do, no one can take it away.” – Doe Zantamata

9. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
Funny Quotes About Being Yourself

10. “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

11. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” – Coco Chanel

12. “Only dead fish go with the flow.” – Derek Sivers

13. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead

14. “Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.” – Ellen DeGeneres
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15. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain

16. “They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same.” – Kurt Cobain

17. “You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.” – Alan Alda

18. “There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.” – Oprah Winfrey
Positive Be True To Yourself Quotes

19. “You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.” – Richard Bach

20. “I figured out that being yourself isn’t something that just happens. It’s something you create. You have to create yourself.” – Eric Kahn Gale

21. “Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life.” – Brian Tracy
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22. “Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.” – Rita Dove

23. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

24. “Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart.” – Paula Abdul

25. “The thing that is really hard and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself.” – Anna Quindlen

26. “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” – Luna Lovegood

27. “Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” – Charles Bukowski
Be Yourself & Unique Quotations

28. “I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” – Mozart

29. “Appear as you are, be as you appear.” – Rumi
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30. “At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
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31. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe

32. “I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.” – Henry Rollins

33. “Just be yourself, let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful & magical person that you are.” – Mandy Hale

34. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” – Brene Brown

35. “Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that’s all you’ve really got; when you strip everything down, that’s all you’ve got, so always be yourself.” – Al Roker

36. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel

37. “Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” – St. Catherine of Sienna

38. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” – Harold Whitman
Be Yourself Quotes For Self Confidence

39. “Nothing can be more hurtful to your heart than betraying yourself.” – Roy T. Bennett

40. “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” – Nelson Mandela

41. “The more you put yourself in situations that show that you don’t care what people think, the more people will seem to like you because they know you are truly being yourself.” – Joe Casanova

42. “You want to be uncommon amongst uncommon people. Period.” – David Goggins

43. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” – Kurt Vonnegut

44. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel

45. “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” – Lao Tzu

46. “Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.” – Brian Tracy
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47. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland

48. “The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.” – Peter Thiel
Happiness Quotes To Inspire Bravery

49. “Be happy without comparing yourself to others.” – Unknown

50. “Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” – Benjamin Disraeli

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

52. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Maruch

53. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder

54. “Accept right now that you are magnificent. Being your real, true, authentic self is what’s most awesome about you.” – Gabby Bernstein

55. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings

56. “The tighter you cling to your current identity, the harder it becomes to grow beyond it.” – James Clear

57. “I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” – Steve Maraboli
Short Be Yourself Quotes

58. “Existence wants you to be you.” – Osho

59. “Be yourself. The world worships the original.” – Ingrid Bergman

60. “Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.” – Richard Bach

61. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

62. “You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” – John Mason

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

64. “The world just wants your authentic truth.” – Gabby Bernstein

65. “Be yourself, who else is better qualified.” – Frank J. Giblin
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