Top 40 Being Yourself Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “You change the world by being yourself.”

— Yoko Ono

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2. “Be different; be unique; be yourself.”

— Christina Grimmie

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3. “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

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4. “If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.”

— Taylor Swift

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5. “Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.”

— Eminem

6. “Remember it’s OK to be yourself.”

— Richard Branson

7. “The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity.”

— Tony Robbins

8. “Never apologize for being yourself.”

— Paulo Coelho

9. “Be yourself, no matter what they say.”

— Sting

10. “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”

— Tina Fey

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11. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

— Dolly Parton

12. “No matter what happens, always be yourself.”

— Dale Carnegie

13. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Freedom Quotes

14. “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

15. “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

— Joseph Campbell

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16. “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

— Bertrand Russell

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17. “If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”

— Michael Jackson

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18. “No matter what, always be yourself!”

— Greyson Chance

19. “The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Ego Quotes

20. “You are a Divine creation, a Being of Light who showed up here as a human being at the exact moment you were supposed to. You are the Beloved, a miracle, a part of the eternal perfection.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Perfection Quotes

21. “You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love – who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

22. “You don’t have to change who you are, you have to become more of who you are.”

— Sally Hogshead

23. “Have fun, be yourself, enjoy life and stay positive.”

— Tatiana Maslany

24. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”

— Kurt Cobain

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Individuality Quotes

25. “We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.”

— Virginia Satir

26. “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.”

— Dave Pelzer

Also featured in: Moving On Quotes, Mistake Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

27. “In a world where you can be anything, be yourself.”

— Ashley Purdy

28. “Be yourself. If you try to be someone else, it won’t work. Whatever you do, you are not going to make everyone happy.”

— Kimi Raikkonen

29. “The soul that is within me no man can degrade.”

— Frederick Douglass

30. “Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman, always be Batman.”

— Andy Biersack

31. “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”

— Jane Austen

32. “If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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33. “Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

— Epictetus

Also featured in: Knowledge Quotes

34. “We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.”

— H. G. Wells

35. “That which makes us DIFFERENT, will make a DIFFERENCE in the world some day. Be Yourself.”

— Tom Krause

36. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”

— E.E. Cummings

Also featured in: Graduation Quotes

37. “Never be afraid to stop traffic.”

— Iris Apfel

38. “It’s always important to be yourself.”

— Leighton Meester

39. “The only one who can make you give up is yourself.”

— Sidney Sheldon

Also featured in: Giving Up Quotes, Quotes About Giving

40. “There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.”

— Anthony Rapp

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

Also featured in: Truth Quotes

42. “Be yourself. An original is always worth more than a copy.”

— Suzy Kassem

43. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes, Wisdom Quotes