Top 200 Being Yourself Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

52. “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

— Bruce Lee

53. “Doing as others told me, I was Blind. Coming when others called me, I was Lost. Then I left everyone, myself as well. Then I found Everyone, Myself as well.”

— Rumi

54. “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large – I contain multitudes.”

— Walt Whitman

55. “The way to do is to be.”

— Lao Tzu

56. “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”

— Coco Chanel

57. “What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

58. “Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.”

— Brené Brown

59. “Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

— Christina Grimmie

61. “If you're lucky enough to be different, never change.”

— Taylor Swift

62. “Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.”

— Rumi

63. “I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.”

— Drake

64. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”

— J.K. Rowling

65. “Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.”

— Joel Osteen

66. “To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.”

— Richard Branson

67. “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

— Ayn Rand

68. “Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”

— Ramana Maharshi

69. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”

— Bruce Lee

70. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

— Oscar Wilde

71. “Be the one to stand out in the crowd.”

— Joel Osteen

72. “The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”

— Deepak Chopra

73. “Every change is a challenge to become who we really are.”

— Marianne Williamson

74. “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

75. “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

— Epictetus

76. “Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.”

— Henry David Thoreau

77. “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

— John Wooden

78. “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”

— J.K. Rowling

79. “You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

81. “I know who I am, I know what I believe, that’s all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do.”

— Will Smith

82. “Live your best life!”

— Oprah Winfrey

83. “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”

— Aldous Huxley

84. “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”

— Catherine of Siena

85. “I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.”

— Emma Watson

86. “Let the world know why you’re here, and do it with passion.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

87. “You don’t get what you want in life. You get who you are.”

— Les Brown

88. “You feel good, you feel bad, and these feelings are bubbling from your own unconsciousness, from your own past. Nobody is responsible except you. Nobody can make you angry, and nobody can make you happy.”

— Osho

89. “Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential.”

— Bruce Lee

90. “Just be yourself, there is no one better.”

— Taylor Swift

91. “Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.”

— Emma Watson

92. “Be who you are and be that well.”

— Saint Francis de Sales

93. “We are constantly invited to be who we are.”

— Henry David Thoreau

94. “When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.”

— Brené Brown

95. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

— Henry David Thoreau

96. “When you are living the best version of yourself, you inspire others to live the best versions of themselves.”

— Steve Maraboli

97. “Be a lamp unto yourself.”

— Buddha

98. “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”

— Frida Kahlo

99. “Be yourself is all that you can do.”

— Chris Cornell

100. “The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.”

— Walt Disney