"Be yourself, no matter what they say"

Sting wrote that lyric into "Englishman in New York" and from the first moment I heard it I couldn't agree more. If you can't be yourself, you are lost. I know how to be myself in any situation, abiding by those unspoken social rules but still staying true to myself. That to me is part of maturity: Knowing what cards to show when, but knowing every card you play comes from your deck, and not someone elses.

Here are some other great quotes that speak the same truth.


"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away." ~Raymond Hull

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. " ~William Shakespeare

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." ~Judy Garland

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. " ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ~e.e. cummings

"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another." ~Homer

"There is just one life for each of us: our own." ~Euripides

"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

"This above all: To thine own self be true" ~William Shakespeare


Be yourself! No regrets! Carpe Diem! Life is too short! Goonies never say die! (Ok maybe that last one was a bit off topic) tee-hee!

Have a great day everyone!