Being Yourself Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "A Miscellany (A Poet's Advice to Students)". Book by E. E. Cummings edited by George James Firmage, 1958.

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  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Beautiful, Bullying

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

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• Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Life, Positivity, Choices

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  It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

  Herman Melville

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). “Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition”, p.247, Northwestern University Press

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• Be yourself. The world worships the original.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Beauty, Acceptance, World

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

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• I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Acceptance

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.166, Macmillan

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• The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

  Socrates

  Life, Wisdom, Memorial Day

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• There is just one life for each of us: our own.

  Euripides

  Life, Positive, Graduation

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• Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

  Paul Valery

  Being Single, Men, Keys

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  Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation

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• You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.5, Random House

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• You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Change, Wise

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• The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

  Frederick Douglass

  Life, Men, African American

  W. E. B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington (2012). “Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.48, Courier Corporation

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• Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Happy Birthday to You!". Book by Dr. Seuss, 1959.

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  Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

  Lady Gaga

  Inspirational, Confidence, Cute Relationship

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

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  You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

  John Lennon

  Love, Life, Happiness

  Statement to the press in July 1969. "The Beatles: An Oral History". Book by Alan Lysaght and David Pritchard, p. 285, 1998.

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• The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Leo F. Buscaglia (1972). “Love”, Fawcett

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• If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

  David Carradine

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

  Johnny Depp

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

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  Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

  Benjamin Spock

  Positive, Family, Trust

  The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care ch. 1 (1946)

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• I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, Dirty

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• A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

  Jim Morrison

  Best Friend, Friendship, Freedom

  "Indulge In Your Friendships — The Best Reinvention Of Them All" by Kathi Sharpe-Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2013.

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• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, St. Martin's Press

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• Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive

  Howard Thurman

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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