Comparing Yourself Quotes

• Before comparing yourself with others, win the battle with yourself. Strive to be better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Attitude, Winning, Yesterday

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• Stop comparing yourself to other people; you are an original. We are all different and it's okay.

  Joyce Meyer

  People, Different, Compare

  Twitter post from Jan 17, 2013

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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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  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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• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

  Laozi

  Relationship, Respect, Being Yourself

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• Every flower blooms at a different pace.

  Suzy Kassem

  Flower, Different, Pace

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Shining, Trying

  "How Jennie Finch Stays in Pro-Athlete Form". Interview with Jené Luciani, www.shape.com. March 14, 2012.

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• Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.

  Eric Thomas

  Jobs, Loving Yourself, World

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• There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

  Martha Graham

  Positive, Uplifting, Dance

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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• Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Graduation, Bullying

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

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• Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Self, Violence, Compare

  Twitter post from Sep 2, 2012

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• Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.

  Zig Ziglar

  Mistake, Numbers, Accomplishment

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• Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

  Brian Dyson

  Work, Special, Different

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

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• Nothing will kill what you've been called to do more than comparing yourself to someone else.

  Beth Moore

  Purpose, Compare

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• When you start comparing yourself to another man's mirror, that's when those negative thoughts start creeping in. My journey isn't anybody else's journey.

  Arian Foster

  Journey, Men, Mirrors

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• God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit.

  LeCrae

  Running, Race, People

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• You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

  Mark Hart

  Saint, Compare, Sinner

  Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.23, Franciscan Media

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• Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.

  Willow Smith

  Bird, Compare

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• You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

  Darrin Patrick

  Jesus, Maturity, Judging

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• The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don't have joy in the work, forget it.

  Shirley Knight

  People, Joy, Actors

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• One of the things that I've worked my way out of doing, and I knew that I needed to, was comparing myself to other people. That just poisins everything. It all of a sudden dtermines even clothes you're going to choose to wear that day or what you're going to do with a music production or how you're going to sequence it. It poisinseverything. Your real job in the world is to be you. Comparing yourself to other people I think that hurt me more than anything. Allowing myself to go there so much in my head hurt me.

  India.Arie

  Hurt, Jobs, Real

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• Comparing yourself to the people like you, comparing yourself to the people who aren't like you, looking at how many records you've sold, looking at the venue size you're selling out. None of that can even remotely measure how happy you are.

  Amanda Palmer

  People, Records, Size

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Eye, Compare, Comparing Yourself To Others

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• Beauty is a complex theme, for sure. We all have a different concept and opinion regarding it, but we all like to look at things that are aesthetically pleasing. I had the typical high school experience, where you question what is beauty, and you're comparing yourself to others, it was just part of growing up.

  Elle Fanning

  Growing Up, School, Typical

  "Interview: Elle Fanning, Nicolas Winding Refn on 'The Neon Demon'". Interview with Patrick McDonald, www.hollywoodchicago.com. June 22, 2016.

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• You can't really compare people. That's one of the biggest lessons I've learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.

  Alicia Keys

  People, Lessons, I've Learned

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