Being Yourself Quotes

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

  Andre Gide

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.

  Rick Warren

  Inspirational, God, Believe In Yourself

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Oct 04, 2013

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• be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Real, Optimistic

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• If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Finding Yourself, Want

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

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Beauty

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Encouragement

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Oct 09, 2011

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  Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Clever, Truth

  "Contarini Fleming". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, 1832.

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• Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Positive, Meaningful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.

  Bobby Brown

  Simplicity, Inspire, Just Being

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.

  David Icke

  Fear, Thinking, People

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

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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

  Shakti Gawain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  Shakti Gawain (2011). “Living in the Light, 25th Anniversary Edition: Follow Your Inner Guidance to Create a New Life and a New World”, p.59, New World Library

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• The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Life And Love

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• We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Im Sorry, Work, Inspire

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

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to you. And Stay.

  Will Smith

  Inspirational, Life, Powerful

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• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Regret

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• 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

  Love, Life, Self Esteem

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

  Kurt Cobain

  Inspirational, Love Yourself, Acceptance

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• Be mindful of the words that you use and the actions that you live and who you are and how it is you use your power. Keep clear at all times that you are what you say you are.

  Gary Zukav

  Inspirational, Life, Attitude

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Jan 10, 2015

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  Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

  Judy Garland

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Business Etiquette for the Nineties: Your Ticket to Career Success". Book by Lou Kennedy, 1992.

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• Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.

  Peter V. Brett

  Confidence, Powerful, Positivity

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