82 Be Yourself Quotes

82 Be Yourself Quotes

Let these be yourself quotes inspire you to just be you. Today’s society puts many pressures on all of us to be something that we are not. There are times when you may feel inferior because you are not like the advertisements imply that you must be.

We also put undue pressure on ourselves by worrying about what other people may think. So we pretend to be something that we are not.

You will never find happiness or contentment in life if you are not true to yourself. Accept who you are and be happy with yourself. Be You!

Let these quotes remind you to just be yourself. You will find words of famous people and their thoughts on being yourself, and you will also find quotes about being true to yourself. If you are true to yourself then you are being yourself!

Published by: Catherine Pulsifer and Ben Gillison

    Just Be Yourself Quotes

    The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. 
 Wayne Dyer

  1. The essential lesson I’ve learned in life is to just be yourself. Wayne Dyer
    Quotes on Life Lessons
  2. Always be you, never be someone else; don’t pretend to like something that you don’t; don’t consider anyone a friend who you can’t be yourself around; live your life as who you are not who you think others want you to be like. Catherine Pulsifer
    Live Life
  3. So your starting point � and also your finishing point � is to be a friend to the person you already are, with all your virtues, faults and foibles. Padraig O�Morain, Kindfulness
    Inspirational Quotes
  4. Be willing to fail or succeed on who you really are. Don’t ever try to be anything else. .
    Glenn Beck, Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
    Graduation Quotes
  5. If you’re tired of trying to be something you’re not, then be yourself. Once you realize that you are beautiful just the way you are, you can begin to find freedom in your life and learn to look past the pictures of what the world wants you to be.” Frankie Robinson
    Beautiful
  6. Most people are mirror people. They only reflect how others treat them. 
Be a flashlight person and always shine no matter what. 
  Salem Abraham

  7. Most people are mirror people. They only reflect how others treat them. Be a flashlight person and always shine no matter what. Salem Abraham
    Influence
  8. Free yourself, of your inner being, be at one, just be. David Shah, The ExplorerZen Quotes  |  
  9. To the weird and wacky. To the totally misunderstood. You are so different because you see what other�s don�t. To the voiceless and misconstrued, your time has come! Be who you are, legitimately you!Derek Gross, The Unveiling Wonders of GodVision Quotes  |  
  10. Life’s an endless journey of self-exploration. Just when you thought you figured out one aspect, a new challenge comes your way. Calista J. McBride, Happy To Meet Me. Empowering Quotes  |  
  11. The greatest service you can offer the world is to be your own authentic, weird and eccentric self. Michael Hetherington, 108 Paths to Peace
    Greatness
  12. Self-improvement isn’t about trying to become someone you’re not; it’s about becoming the best version of yourself. T. H. Russo, How To Tell Someone You Love Them
    Personal Development
  13. In short, who cares! Be yourself, enjoy who you are. Byron Pulsifer

  14. In short, who cares! Be yourself, enjoy who you are. Byron Pulsifer
    Short Positive Quotes
  15. We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us. Virginia Satir
    Inspirational Sayings
  16. But it’s never fun to pretend you’re someone else, and it’s impossible to feel normal – because there’s no such thing! Every single one of us is uniquely amazing. Audrey Meisner, Like Yourself, Love Your Life
    Positive
  17. Be yourself and try to make all the things possible in your life that are leading towards a satisfied you. Adam Green, Greatest Life Lessons
    Positive Life Quotes
  18. When you can be yourself, you allow others to be themselves.
 Corey Gladwell

  19. When you can be yourself, you allow others to be themselves. Corey Gladwell, The Human Experience
    Experience
  20. You are ok. You are, in fact, more than that! You are worthwhile! You are worth it! YOU are worthy! Even when you do not feel like it, you are! Be strong and courageous! We all have a different journey, and each journey is unique! Your journey is uniquely beautifully YOURS! Embrace it! Ashley Howard Nelson
    Courage
  21. …the path to great confidence is not in becoming invincible, flawless, and seemingly perfect. But rather, it is in embracing your humanity, in all its messy glory and tender vulnerability. Dr Aziz Gazipura PsyD, The Art of Extraordinary Confidence
    Confidence
  22. “We must overcome the notion that we must be regular . . . . it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.” Uta Hagen
    Amazing
  23. “Pretending to be someone you are not requires a lot of energy to maintain the fa�ade, and the need to always be on your guard so that you do not reveal what and who you really are, what you really believe.” Catherine Pulsifer, Are You Really Who You Are
    Negativity  
  24. “Stay close to friends who will encourage you to be yourself and who celebrate all of your gifts and talents.” Ryan Help, Overcoming Insecurity, Jealousy and Anxiety in Relationships
    Friend
  25. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Accomplishment
  26. Be yourself, who else is better qualified. 
  Frank J. Giblin

  27. Be yourself, who else is better qualified. Frank J. Giblin
    Short Inspirational Quotes
  28. “Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern; live your own life and follow your own star.” Wilferd Peterson
    Dare
  29. You have to learn about yourself and create your own philosophy, your own way of life. Bruce Thomas, Bruce Lee
    Philosophy
  30. Be Yourself, Find Yourself, and then you have You. unknown author, Georgia’s Health –
    Finding Yourself
  31. It is the power to be yourself, to sing your own song, dance your own dance, speak your own poetry. Thomas J. Sergiovanni, ‎Robert J. Starratt
    Power
  32. “Problems occur when we measure who we are by what we have or have not done.” Kristen Moeller, Waiting for Jack
    Problem
  33. Confidence is about knowing who you are through and through and most importantly, taking your own self-knowledge as the foundational truth about yourself – not society, not others, not any thing else. Spear Rhett, How to Be Confident
    Self Confidence
  34. Quotes about Being Happy with Yourself

    The only acceptance you really need is the acceptance of yourself.
  Dr. Lauren Cunning

  35. The only acceptance you really need is the acceptance of yourself. Dr. Lauren Cunning, Hardwiring Happiness
    Happy
  36. We all desire and deserve to live a life wherein we feel that we are successful in our ability to express our unique talents to the world around us. The Happiness Book
    Desire
  37. Nobody is so miserable as he who longs to be somebody and something other than the person he is in body and mind. Angelo Patri
    Sad  
  38. You cannot look to other people to make you feel loved or even happy. Accept yourself exactly as you are… flaws and all. Amber Rain, Happiness
    Happiness
  39. Understanding that your success or failure is not you and you are not your success or failure will allow you to move through your days with less stress, more fulfillment and a serenity that you may never have experienced before. Cary David Richards, The Happiness Habit
    Success 
  40. Fully accepting, loving, and being yourself allows you to be 100% authentic. 
This means being fully responsible for yourself.  John Felitto

  41. Fully accepting, loving, and being yourself allows you to be 100% authentic. This means being fully responsible for yourself. John Felitto, The 90-Day Game
    Accountability
  42. Relaxation helps you to be yourself while letting your personality do the interaction. Dan Miller, Self Confidence for Teens
    Relax
  43. You have done it by being yourself. Perhaps that is what being a friend means, after all. Roy Croft
    Best Friends Poem
  44. Famous Quotes about Being Yourself

    It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who 
you are. Elvis Presley

  45. It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are. Elvis Presley
    Character
  46. We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves. Bruce Lee
    Famous Quotes about Life
  47. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” Galatians 6:4�5 MSG
    Words of Faith
  48. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss
    Funny Quotes about Life
  49. We must be our own before we can be another's. Ralph Waldo Emerson

  50. We must be our own before we can be another’s.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Relationship
  51. People who fail usually do so not because they are unable to handle an outward situation – it is the inner or mental conflict that defeats them. You must see yourself as you really are and deal with yourself on that honest basis. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, You Can If You Think You Can
    Honesty
  52. You be you. Don’t be your parents or grandparents. You can admire them, appreciate them, and learn from them. But you cannot be them. You aren’t them. Max Lucado, God Is With You Every Day
    Appreciation
  53. I never can hide myself from me; I see what others may never see; I know what others may never know, I never can fool myself and so, whatever happens I want to be self respecting and conscience free. Edgar A Guest, Myself
    Inspirational Poems
  54. Insist upon yourself. Be original.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson

  55. Insist upon yourself. Be original. Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Famous
  56. Perhaps the best way to achieve freedom in your life is to remember this guideline: Never place TOTAL reliance in anyone other than yourself when it comes to guiding your own life. Wayne Dyer, Pulling Your Own Strings
    Achievement
  57. Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. Thomas Edison
    Wealth
  58. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead
    Cool
  59. The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. Buddha

  60. “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” Buddha
    Failure
  61. “You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.” Richard Bach
    Freedom
  62. Our first task then, in living with ourselves, is to be ourselves, to be genuine and sincere, to go forth to others as persons we truly are without shame or pretense. Wilfred Peterson
    Top Ten Quotes
  63. The secret is authenticity. The reason people fail is because they’re pretending to be something they’re not Oprah Winfrey
    Famous 
  64. You have your own challenges, and you, too, are imperfect. But you are the perfect YOU! Nick Vujicic, Limitless
    Challenge
  65. The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become – because He made us. C. S. Lewis
    God
  66. Be True To Yourself Quotes

    Being true to yourself is about what you do, think and feel, right
 now in this moment. Stephen Joseph

  67. Being true to yourself is about what you do, think and feel, right now in this moment. Then, as your life unfolds day by day, you begin to see, more clearly, the road ahead open up in front of you. Stephen Joseph, Authentic
    Good Day
  68. Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that. Elllen DeGeneres
    Cute  
  69. When we try to change ourselves because we think someone else will like us more, we just fool ourselves. When we are true to ourselves, we feel free, liberated from the changes of doubt and fear. We must be true to ourselves, and peace will flow. David DeNotaris
    Peace
  70. I had begun to realize that for a strange law of the universe, the people in our lives represent a reflection of some aspect of ourselves.
    Paolo Marrone, Ancient Wisdom
    Daily Motivation
  71. Just be yourself, hold true to yourself, your dreams and ambitions.
  Patrick Rahn

  72. Just be yourself, hold true to yourself, your dreams and ambitions. , Mindset of Success
    Ambition
  73. The more you put yourself in situations that show that you don’t care what people think, the more people will seem to like you because they know you are truly being yourself. Joe Casanova, Socially Accepted
    Words of Encouragement
  74. Knowing yourself is obviously helpful towards being yourself. When we know our true self we are less likely to be persuaded to be someone we are not. Joshua Osenga, 12 years a Cubicle Slave
    Encouraging
  75. My sisters know me. The essential me. The authentic me. The me I am when no one else is looking or listening, stripped bare of the labels and judgments and expectations and accoutrements of life. Colleen Sell, A Cup of Comfort for Sisters
    Sister
  76. Don't change because you think others want you to.  Any changes you
 make in your life should be because you want to change yourself for the better. 
 Catherine Pulsifer

  77. Don’t change because you think others want you to. Any changes you make in your life should be because you want to change yourself for the better. Catherine Pulsifer
    Change
  78. At interview, be yourself, but the best half of yourself. John Courtis
    Best Quotes
  79. Living by your core values has these benefits: It gives you permission to be yourself. James O’Donnell; Rayne Hall, Mental Strength
    Success and Value
  80. The moment you start prioritizing your inner soul you will notice that you accept yourself for the way you are and you will be at ease. Domenico Mazza, How to Find Your Passion
    Passion
  81. Be yourself and become aware of when your primitive mind chooses the wrong path or action. Edmund Ronen, Unlock Your Inner Achiever
    Choices
  82. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Andr� Gide

  83. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Andr� Gide
    Hate
  84. There will never be another precious you! Be yourself. Stay true to your inner nature. Promise yourself right now that you will not live the rest of your life according to how others think you should live it. Gail Mewes, Tips & Tricks For Boomer Chicks
    Daily Inspiration
  85. Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a false messiah. Richard Bach
    Cute Life Quotes
  86. The best advice I can give to you is to be true to yourself and live your dreams. David DeNotaris, Feeling Your Way Through Life
    Dream
  87. “You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks; you have been false to them all.” Edgar A. Guest
    Poems about Life
  88. The easiest path to staying true to what you believe in is not always
 the easiest path to be on. Byron Pulsifer

  89. The easiest path to staying true to what you believe in is not always the easiest path to be on. Byron Pulsifer, What Does Commitment Mean To You
    Believe
  90. We want our family to be a container of security and peace, where we can be our true selves. We want this most urgently for our children, who are engaged in the slow and tricky business of becoming themselves. Kim John Payne M.Ed., Simplicity Parenting
    Family
  91. “If you don’t believe in yourself how can you expect others to believe in your abilities. And, most importantly be yourself. Never try and be someone who you are not. Always be true to yourself.” Catherine Pulsifer, Valentines Day is NOT
    Motivational
  92. “The greatest difficulty arises when you need to conform exactly to the other person’s expectations in order to keep the relationship alive. In this case, what you are doing is to become someone you are not – you are not able to be yourself or to express your true and genuine feelings, thoughts, or concerns.” Catherine Pulsifer, Being Someone Else
    Trust Quotes for Relationships
  93. Always stay true to your own values, don't be influenced by others.

  94. “Always stay true to your own values, don’t be influenced by others.” Catherine and Byron Pulsifer, As You Grew
    Graduation Poems
  95. “Be true unto yourself, be true to the morals and principles of Christian faith and carry forth as if everyone is watching at all times.” Byron Pulsifer, Components Of Christianity
    Christian Quotes about Life
  96. This above all: To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night to day, thou canst not then be false to any man. Shakespeare
    Motivational Quotes About Life
  97. There is no substitute for being yourself. In a world where so many people are not real with themselves or others, I am going so far as to say that being authentic is the only true way to stand out and win at life. Jeff Davis, The Power of Authentic Leadership
    Winning
  98. The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what’s popular. Wiz Khalifa
    Worry

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We hope these be yourself encouraged and motivated you to always be yourself. If you find yourself at peace doing something then that is your true inner self, but if you find yourself distressed or not sure then you are not being true to yourself. There is only one of you and it is unique don’t hide it! Like the words in these quotes remind us that being ourselves is what we all should do.

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