"You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts."
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Be Who You Are
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"The secret to beauty is simple - be who you are."
"Just be who you are, calm and clear and bright. Automatically, as we shine who we are, asking ourselves every minute is this what I really want to do, doing it only when we answer yes, automatically that turns away those who have nothing to learn from who we are and attracts those who do, and from whom we have to learn, as well."
"To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom."
"I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are."
"Be who you are and do that well."
"Be who you are, and go the whole way."
"Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be."
"Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf."
"A lot of jobs don't allow you to be who you are. There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted."
"Embrace what makes up you. Some stereotypes are true - I love chicken, but that's a stereotype, I love f**king basketball, but that's a stereotype, too. But who cares? Embrace it. Be who you are, and don't be ashamed of what that is."
"You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you."
"Don't apologize for who you are and what you've done in the past. Be who you are and do what you do."
"In this world, one thing you should definitely strive for is originality. Just be who you are, and be your own person. That's what will make you stand out."
"It is never too late to be who you want to be."
"Be who you are in every situation."
"To be a seeker implies that you need the future. If this is what you believe, it becomes true for you: you will need time until you realize that you don't need time to be who you are."
"Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try to be what you might have been or could have been other than what you should have been."
"Choose to be who you are. . . The individual who would become a person must at some point take over his entire being - must, that is, choose herself."
"You cannot make a business case that you should be who you are not"