1. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.-Aristotle
2. Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.-Judy Garland
3. You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.-John Mason
4. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.-Bruce Lee
5. Say what you feel. It’s not being rude, it’s called being real.-unknown
6. He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.-Raymond Hull
7. We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.-Francois de la Rochefoucauld
8. It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.-EE Cummings
9. I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.-Mahatma Gandhi
10. Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.-Julius Charles Hare
11. Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.-John Jakes
12. Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don’t get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow.-Molly Sims
13. Be yourself – not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be.-Henry David Thoreau
14. Don’t compromise yourself – you’re all you have.-John Grisham
15. When you know yourself, you are empowered. When you accept yourself, you are invincible.-Tina Lifford
16. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I don’t have to do what everyone else is doing.-unknown
17. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.-Andre Gide
18. Be yourself, but always your better self.-Karl G. Maeser
19. Imitation is suicide.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.-Toby Keith
21. You’re lucky enough to be different, never change.-Taylor Swift
22. Just because they disagree, doesn’t mean you ain’t right.-Toba Beta
23. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.-unknown
24. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.-Oscar Wilde
25. To be one’s self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.-Irving Wallace
26. Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one’s own, it is always 20 times better.-Margaret Oliphant
27. We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.-Virginia Satir
28. Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.-Nora Roberts
29. No other version, no matter how perfect it is, would ever feel better than being your true self.-Edmond Mbiaka