20 Quotes on Being You

One Life & You
Aug 28, 2017 · 3 min read
  1. Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils. (Michaela de Prince)

2. Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. (Coco Chanel)

3. As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world. It is in being able to remake ourselves. (Mahatma Gandhi)

4. People have been telling me since I was a little girl that I was too fervent, too forceful, too much. I thought I had harnessed the power of my own strength and greed and love in a life that could contain it. But it has exploded. (Rules don’t apply, Ariel Levy)

5. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. (Mark Twain)

6. I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. (Rumi)

7. The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self. (Publius Syrus)

8. When people start to tell you that you are crazy, you might just be on the most important innovation of your life (Larry Ellison)

9. To be authentic, we must cultivate the courage to be imperfect , and vulnerable. We have to believe that we are fundamentally worthy of love and acceptance, just as we are. I’ve learned that there is no better way to invite more grace, gratitude and joy into our lives than by mindfully practicing authenticity. (Brené Brown)

10. The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. (Neil Gaiman)

11. No one can give you better advice than yourself. (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

12. You are not accidental, the world needs you, without you, something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it (Osho)

13. You will never influence the world by trying to be like it. (Sean Mac Cabe)

14. To be an individual is the greatest courage. It does not matter that the whole world is against me. What matters is that my experience is valid. Don’t die before realizing your authentic self. (Osho)

15. How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. (Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor)

16. Do not become a stranger to yourself by blending in with everyone else. (Dodinsky)

17. The only unique contribution you can offer the world is to be who you actually are and no one else. (Ashly Lorenzana)

18. Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people’s opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! (Steve Maraboli)

19. If you are what you should be you will set the whole world ablaze. (St. Catherine of Siena)

20. Conforming happens so naturally that we can forget how powerful it is. But the thing that makes us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves to be pulled in another direction. (Evan Spiegel)

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