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50 Amazing Be Yourself Quotes To Embrace Your Individuality

If you’re sick of people-pleasing or hiding your truth, these 75 be yourself quotes are for you. By being your authentic self, you’ll stay true to your values – and ultimately others will respect you for it!

These quotes about being yourself will empower you to embrace your own individuality and feel comfortable in your own skin. Take inspiration from original icons such as Oscar Wilde and Judy Garland as we share their words of wisdom below.

The world needs you, precisely as you are – so read on to discover this collection of motivational quotes about being yourself.

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1. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

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2. “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” – Allen Ginsberg

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3. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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4. “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. Maruch

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5. “The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” – Rita Mae Brown

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6. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee

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7. “You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant?” – Dr. Seuss

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8. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.”Oprah Winfrey

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9. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

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10. “Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that’s all you’ve really got; when you strip everything down, that’s all you’ve got, so always be yourself.” – Al Roker

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11. “Just be yourself. Be honest, work towards a goal, and you’ll achieve it.” – Emraan Hashmi

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12. “Some people like you, some people don’t. In the end, you just have to be yourself.” – Andres Iniesta

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13. “The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilized.” – David Goggins

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14. “You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Priyanshu Singh

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15. “It’s just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.” – Matt Damon

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16. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland

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17. “Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!”- Mary Anne Radmacher

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18. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel

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19. “You, being yourself, unknowingly inspires others to be themselves.” – Mooji

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20. “Never apologize for being yourself.”– Paulo Coelho

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21. “Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” – Roy T. Bennett

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22. “About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.”Rita Mae Brown

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23. “Just enjoy every moment – don’t stress. Just be yourself.” – Mabel

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24. “If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there’s no one like you.”Marc Newson

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25. “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”William Shakespeare

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26. “Don’t believe you have to be like anybody to be somebody.” – Nike

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27. “Don’t try to impress people. Always be yourself.”Bella Thorne

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28. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” – Oscar Wilde

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29. “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”Jim Morrison

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30. “Just be you, be beautiful and be comfortable in your own skin.” – Helen Edwards

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31. “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.” – Gianni Versace

32. “You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”Philip Pullman

33. “The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.”Cassandra Clare

34. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Bindi Irwin

35. “Don’t let other people decide who you are.”Bob Goff

36. “Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone don’t be someone else just be yourself.” Selena Gomez

37. “Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”Charles Bukowski

38. “Don’t dare to be different, dare to be yourself – if that doesn’t make you different then something is wrong.”Laura Bake

39. “I’ve always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.” – Dita Von Teese

40. “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people—the ones who really belong in your life—will come to you, and stay.”Will Smith

41. “I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.” – John Wooden

42. “Some people say you are going the wrong way when it’s simply a way of your own.” Angelina Jolie

43. “It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you’re different than anyone else.” – Tony Bennett

44. “Your main purpose is to be yourself as fully as you can.”Darryl Anka

45. “Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for” – Oliver James

46. “Don’t let others box you into their idea of what they think you should be. A confined identity is a miserable way to exist. Be you and live free. Trust that in living true to yourself, you will attract people that support and love you, just as you are.” – Jaeda DeWalt

47. “Dare to be yourself.” – Priyanshu Singh

48. “Remember, it’s ok to be yourself.”Richard Branson

49. “You change the world by being yourself.”Yoko Ono

50. “Be yourself. Unapologetically.” Kesha