50+ English Quotes about Being yourself

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” – Allen Ginsberg
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Jung
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland
“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.” – Homer
“An original is always worth more than a copy.” – Suzy Kassem
“Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for.” – Oliver James
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.” – Brené Brown
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” – Carl Jung
“Just be yourself, there is no one better.” – Taylor Swift
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Baruch
“Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” – Nelson Mandela
“To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.” – Oscar Wilde
“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin
“Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” – Luna Lovegood (J.K. Rowling)
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson Mandela
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.” – Madonna
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi
“I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.” – Bobby Brown
“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.” – Beyoncé
“I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” – Rita Mae Brown
“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” – David Carradine
“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” – John Mason
“Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.” – Albert Einstein

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono
“You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way.” – Lady Gaga
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou
“Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.” – Andy Biersack
“Don’t be afraid of being different, be afraid of being the same as everyone else.” – Unknown
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!” – Mandy Hale

“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” – Sandra Bierig
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” – Kurt Cobain
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.” – George R.R. Martin
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are. The second greatest is being happy with what you find.” – Unknown
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” – Brené Brown
“Accept who you are; and revel in it.” – Mitch Albom
“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.” – Doris Mortman
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” – Maya Angelou
“I am not perfect, but I am limited edition.” – Unknown

“The only journey is the journey within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung
“The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.” – Oscar Wilde
“The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
“One’s own self is well hidden from one’s own self; of all mines of treasure, one’s own is the last to be dug up.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you – it’s like the marriage between romantic love and an arranged marriage.” – Terrence Rafferty
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.” – Lao Tzu
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – Buddha