Being Yourself Quotes - Page 13

• If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.

  John Updike

  People, Pay, Start The Day

  John Updike (2010). “Rabbit, Run”, p.157, Random House

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• Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Failing, Authentic Self

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• The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Motivational, Education, Attitude

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti”, p.112, Krishnamurti Foundation of America

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• Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don't get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow.

  Molly Sims

  People, Gone, Tomorrow

  FaceBook post by Molly Sims from Oct 09, 2011

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• Different strokes for different folks.

  Clarence Darrow

  Inspirational, Different, Strokes

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• I myself have 12 hats and each one represents a different personality. Why just be yourself.

  Margaret Atwood

  Personality, Different, Hats

  "A working life: the milliner" by Anna Tims, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2011.

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• Be yourself on stage. Nobody else can be you and you have the law of supply and demand covered.

  Bill Hicks

  Law, Demand, Stage

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• In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.

  Thomas Merton

  Age, Littles, Chance

  Thomas Merton (1974). “A Thomas Merton Reader”, Image

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• It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self

  Neil Strauss

  Best Self, Just Be Yourself, Enough

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• Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

  Mariano Rivera

  People, Worry, Want

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• You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.

  Vince Vaughn

  Worry

  "Interview with Vince Vaughn and Snoop Dogg" by Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. March 03, 2004.

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• Make your own worlds. Make your own laws. Make your own creations, your own star systems. Don't feel answerable to anyone, or as though you have to create after some preordained model. You don't have to write like myself, or King or Anne Rice: be yourself. Nothing is more wonderful than discovering a new voice, particularly if it happens to be your own.

  Clive Barker

  Kings, Stars, Writing

  FaceBook post by Clive Barker from May 19, 2013

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• There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

  Bliss Carman

  Eye, Desire, Followers

  Bliss Carman (1904). “The Friendship of Art”, Boston : L.C. Page

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• Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
  
  Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

  Max Ehrmann

  Exercise, Cynical, Heroism

  Max Ehrmann (2003). “Desiderata: A Survival Guide for Life”, p.9, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• If you can't,can't be yourself what are you living for? If you can't, can't be yourself you're gonna lose it all

  Enrique Iglesias

  Ifs, Loses

  Song: Be Yourself, Album: Seven, 2003

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• The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.

  Frank Gehry

  Self Esteem, Copying, Example

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• It's okay to stand on your own two feet and to be different, to be yourself.

  Jared Leto

  Two, Feet, Different

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• Be yourself, that’s what makes the world go round!

  Katy Perry

  World, Plaits, Rounds

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• Be yourself & you can be anything.

  Katy Perry

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• The best way to be original is to be yourself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Way, Best Way, Originals

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 20, 2014

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• Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Unique, Editors, Details

  Kurt Vonnegut (2012). “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters”, Random House

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• Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There’s no formula to it. It’s just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people - of being yourself.

  Mary Ellen Mark

  People, Matter, Ask Me

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• Just be yourself and one day you will find someone who loves you for everything you are, flaws or no flaws.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Love You, One Day, Flaws

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• Be yourself is all that you can do.

  Chris Cornell

  Can Do

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• The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself.

  Frank Gehry

  Example, Messages

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