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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Rudyard Kipling
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I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Be yourself; everyone else is taken.
Oscar Wilde
Be authentic; no one else is you.
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be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.
Henry David Thoreau
Be authentic - not a caricature of someone else's ideal.
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Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
Albert Einstein
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Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be, that's stupid. So be yourself.
Christina Grimmie
'Conduct yourself as your true self, not what others expect of you. Don't be influenced by outside sources - it's senseless.'
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Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true.
And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.
Phife Dawg
Your entire facade is a falsehood and it cannot possibly be genuine. If you truly cherished yourself, then you would attempt to be your authentic self.
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If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy.
Fulton J. Sheen
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No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
No cost is too great to pay for the privilege of autonomy.
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Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
Mother Teresa
Uprightness and openness leave you exposed. Be truthful and candid all the same.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
Nhat Hanh
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For crying out loud, stop comparing and start living! And you'll be happier with your life, I guarantee. This is crucial: the most difficult thing in the world is to be who you are not. Pretending and trying to be someone else is the official pastime of the human race. And the easiest thing in the world is to be yourself. Be happy. Live! There must be a reason why God made you tall or short or fat or thin or bumpy all over. Love who you are!
Bo Sanchez
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Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
Charles Bukowski
Can you recall who you were, before the world dictated how you should act?
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If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be,
you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.
Dale Carnegie
'If you are not actively striving to become the person you desire, then you are passively heading in the opposite direction.'
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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
We are the masters of our own fate.
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
Arthur Schopenhauer
'A man can maintain his individuality only in the absence of company; and if he does not cherish solitude, he will not appreciate autonomy; for it is when alone that he truly has autonomy.'
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Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness
Kanye West
Put faith in your magnificence...overcome any trepidation.
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A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
Jim Morrison
A companion is someone who allows you to express yourself without restraint.
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Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then, always be a unicorn.
Jaime Murray
"Be true to who you are, unless you can magically transform into a mythical creature. In that case, be a unicorn!"
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Aesop
'Appearances are not indicative of true character.'
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To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.
Oscar Wilde
Maintaining a state of authenticity is an arduous task.
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No matter what society is trying to drill in your head about how you should look, how you should act, and what you need to say, I think it's all crap. All of it. Be yourself and do you.
Christina Grimmie
No matter what the world insists you should do, be, and say, I think it's all nonsense. Ignore the pressure and just be yourself.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself
Hermann Hesse
Within you lies a tranquil haven that can be accessed anytime to find serenity and solace.
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Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.
Fanny Brice
Broadcast your authentic self to the world, rather than a version of yourself you think is expected.
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If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
Audre Lorde
If I didn't take control of my identity, I would be compressed into another's expectations and devoured.
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Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.
Gerard Way
Be authentic, refuse to accept anything unwillingly, and do not surrender.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
John F. Kennedy
Stifling conformity obstructs liberty and obstructs advancement.
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Be yourself is all that you can do.
Chris Cornell
Express yourself authentically.
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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Virginia Satir
We must not permit others' narrow-minded views to characterize us.
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We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.
H. G. Wells
We should not let temporal measurements obscure the truth that each instant of life is an awe-inspiring and enigmatic occurrence.
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Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Margot Fonteyn
Outstanding creators are those who discover the approach to express their true selves through their craft. Any semblance of pretense leads to mediocrity in both art and life.
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Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman, always be Batman.
Andy Biersack
'Be true to yourself, unless you can be the Dark Knight, then choose to be the Dark Knight.'
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Be yourself, be pleasant, play hard and have no regrets.
Jimmy Buffett
Live authentically, be affable, enjoy life to its fullest and never look back.
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Don't lie to anyone, but particularly don't lie to millennials. They just know. They can smell it. Be yourself: if you're old, be old. If you don't know anything about pop culture, don't pretend to know anything about pop culture. When you credit teenagers with intelligence and emotional sophistication, they respond intelligently and with emotional sophistication.
John Green
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The main thing is to be yourself. Many times its through a mistake that you learn. And the main thing is to make sure you learn through your mistakes and get better.
Ayrton Senna
The key element is to stay true to yourself. Often it is through a misstep that you gain wisdom. And the most important thing is to ensure you take away knowledge from your missteps and become better as a result.
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You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.
Oprah Winfrey
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What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.
Carl Rogers
'If I embraced my true self, it would be more than enough.'
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Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and finds one's Self-this is supreme happiness. When it is found, nothing else remains to be found; the sense of want will not awaken anymore, and the heart's torment will be stilled forever. Do not be satisfied with fragmentary happiness, which is invariably interrupted by shocks and blows of fate; but become complete, and having attained to perfection, be YOURSELF.
Anandamayi Ma
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Be different; be unique; be yourself.
Christina Grimmie
Express your individuality.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
Anton Chekhov
There is nothing more abhorrent, affronting, and disheartening than mediocrity.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Joseph Campbell
The blessing of a lifetime is being yourself.
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Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.
Coco Chanel
Allure commences when you choose to be authentic.
43.
Just be yourself and wear deodorant.
Jhene Aiko
Be genuine and employ an odor-neutralizing product.
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One of the most important things you can accomplish is just being yourself.
Dwayne Johnson
Realize your individuality.
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Don’t be afraid of being unique. It’s like being afraid of your best self.
Donald Trump
'Don't fear standing out. It's like being scared of embracing your best potential.'
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There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.
Richard Rohr
'No need to demonstrate or safeguard; I am content with my identity as it is.'
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The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop
KRS-One
The audacity to be authentically you is the core of hip hop.
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Accept your own and be yourself!
Elijah Muhammad
'Embrace your individuality and be true to who you are!'
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Our Lord said. Be yourself with the good Lord.
Saint Peter
Our Lord commanded, 'Be true to yourself with the Almighty.'
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Hotness is uniqueness and just being yourself - that's hot.
Ryan Cabrera
Vividness is individuality and simply being who you are - that's captivating.