Are you living life as yourself? Are you being your authentic self? Can you say unequivocally that you are living life as you want it and not how others think you should live it?
If you are unable to answer yes without hesitation or “but’s”, then you need a good dose of our stay true to yourself quotes.
These inspiring and self-affirming quotes should help you navigate a world that tries to bend us and shape us into anything other than ourselves. Nowadays, the expectations of others and the manipulation of our wants and desires by commercial businesses make it a challenge to find our real voice, our real dreams, and our real selves.
Life is a journey, and we hope that at some point, you can shed your masks, find your authentic self, and live the life as you dream it.
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
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
When you enter the real world, the most valuable thing you can bring is all your you-ness. – Bo Burnham
Be yourself, don’t take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive. – Gerard Way
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. – Frederick Douglass
Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire. – St. Catherine of Siena
Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can’t be in life. – Meg Medina
You have to be true to yourself and remain humble. Whether you win or lose, you’ve got to treat everyone the same, and be who you are. – Randy Couture
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. – André Gide
Some people like you, some people don’t. In the end, you just have to be yourself. – Andres Iniesta
The freedom to be yourself is a gift only you can give yourself. But once you do, no one can take it away. – Doe Zantamata
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are. – Beyoncé
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. – Julius Charles Hare
We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us. – Virginia Satir
Don’t dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you. – Steve Maraboli
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. – Rita Mae Brown
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. – William Shakespeare
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. – Abraham Lincoln
To be one’s self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. – Irving Wallace
Stay true to yourself because it goes a long way. If you don’t know who you are, who are you really? – Brandy Norwood
Stop hating yourself for everything you’re not; start loving yourself for everything you are. – Ritu Ghatourey
What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly. – Carl Rogers
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do. – Brené Brown
When you fight yourself to discover the real you, there is only one winner. – Stephen Richards
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. – Oscar Wilde
You were born an original. Don’t die a copy. – John Mason
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because
What the world needs are people who have come alive. – Howard Thurman
Just be you, be beautiful and be comfortable in your own skin. – Helen Edwards
No life is perfect; we all have our problems and issues, and I believe that it’s good to be true to who you are. – Liberty Ross
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. – Lao Tzu
Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. – Allen Ginsberg
Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. – Judy Garland
It’s just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants. – Matt Damon
You can be true to the character all you want but you’ve got to go home with yourself. – Julia Roberts
You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. – Louise Hay
Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it’s important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process. – Emily Giffin
You’ll have unflattering pictures posted on the Internet for all to see, so you have to be able to handle yourself and stay true to yourself. – Katherine Webb
The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity. – Tony Robbins
Establish who you are, and don’t let anybody dress you up or change the way you are, and stay true to yourself. – Lynn Anderson
Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful & magical person that you are. – Mandy Hale
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. – Bruce Lee
Be congruent. Be authentic. Be your true self. – Mahatma Gandhi
When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t. – Jodi Picoult
Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they’re much less than the consequences of selling your soul. – Carly Fiorina
Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. – Coco Chanel
The thing that is really hard and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen
Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone. – Zayn Malik
Being yourself means shedding all the layers of looking good, wanting to be liked, being scared to stand out and trying to be who you think people want you to be. Being yourself means being naked, raw, and vulnerable. – Jeff Moore
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching. – Dave Chappelle
Just be yourself, there is no one better. – Taylor Swift
Stay true to yourself because at the end of the day you can’t lie to yourself. – Patrick Grant
Just because they disagree, doesn’t mean you ain’t right. – Toba Beta
Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be. – Unknown
Never dull your shine for somebody else. – Tyra Banks
We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. – Andre Berthiaume
I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference. – Marilyn Manson
It’s important to stay true to yourself. You have to know your weaknesses and recruit support when and where you need it. – Jillian Michaels
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. – Bertrand Russell
Some people say you are going the wrong way, when it’s simply a way of your own. – Angelina Jolie
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. – Dolly Parton
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. – Thomas Szasz
Living in truth with other people means that you refuse to stay in any situation where you are unhappy with the behavior of another person. You refuse to tolerate it. You refuse to compromise. – Brian Tracy
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you do something you love, you have a passion for it. It comes naturally. Staying true to yourself and doing what you love keeps you going…everything else falls into place. – Christian Louboutin
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? – Brigham Young
If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there’s no one like you. – Marc Newson
Embrace the glorious mess that you are. – Elizabeth Gilbert
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. – Maya Angelou
Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don’t be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself. – Shirley Temple
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. – Eleanor Roosevelt