What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?
You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.
Become who you are. Make what only you can make.
What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
To find your own way is to follow your bliss.
You are not free until you have no need to impress anybody.
Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.
I’m beautiful in my way ’cause God makes no mistakes. I’m on the right track baby, I was born this way.
Never apologize for what you feel. It’s like being sorry for being real.
Be content to seem what you really are.
A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.
If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
Often people just don’t see what I see. They have too much doubt. You can’t do your best when you’re doubting yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?
I know who I am inside and outside, and I know what I want to do. And I will always go with my dreams.
Remember, you are constantly in the act of creating yourself. You are in every moment deciding who and what you are. You decide this largely through the choices you make regarding who and what you feel passionate about.
Your world will follow your idea about yourself.
Every decision you make – every decision that you make every second – is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.