Inspiring Yourself Quotes:

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

- Julius Charles Hare

source: Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.486

topic: Inspiring, Being Yourself, Being Single, First Steps, Inspirations Being Yourself

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

- Carl Jung

source: Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

topic: Life, Beautiful, Dream, Soul Life, Source Of Life

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

- Judy Garland

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspiration And Motivation, Grad

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement, Unsuccessful, Journey To Success

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

- Edwin Bailey Elliott

topic: Life, Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Inspirations Being Yourself, Inspiring Yourself

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

- Dr. Seuss

source: Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

topic: Life, Graduation, Confidence, Going To College, Seeing Yourself

I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Inspiring Yourself, Love Acceptance

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

- Jean Shinoda Bolen

topic: Life, Self Esteem, Joy, Nourishment, Spiritual Joy

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

source: "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Young Entrepreneurs, Fear None

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

- Alton Brown

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Solo Travel, Soul Life

Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything?

- Beyonce Knowles

source: "Beyonce: Gender equality is a myth" by Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. January 14, 2014.

topic: Inspiration, Labels, Type, Inspiring Yourself

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Being Yourself, Being Single, Gay, Just Being Me, Inspiring Yourself

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

- Bindi Irwin

source: Instagram post by Bindi Irwin @bindisueirwin, www.instagram.com. June 2, 2015.

topic: Needs, Accepting Yourself, Accepted, Self Healing, Inspiring Self Esteem

They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.

- John Lennon

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inner Peace And Happiness, Inspiring Yourself

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.

- John Lennon

topic: Mother, Keys, Years, Inner Peace And Happiness, Just Being You

When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.

- John Lennon

topic: School, Grew Up, Grew, Just Being You, Just Want To Be Happy

One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.

- Ziad K. Abdelnour

topic: Decision, Trying, Faces, Inspiring Yourself, Hardest Decision

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

- Barbara De Angelis

source: Barbara De Angelis (2009). “Real Moments for Lovers: The Enlightened Guide for Discovering Total Passion and True Intimacy”, p.20, Dell

topic: Life, Loving Yourself, Giving, Time Love, Inspiring Yourself

Ask yourself what makes you come alive.

- Howard Thurman

source: "Oprah Gives Inspiring Commencement Speech to Harvard" by Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. May, 31, 2013.

topic: Alive, Soul Life, Seeing Yourself, Inspirational Passion, Time And Change

The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.

- Beyonce Knowles

source: "Beyoncé Says Message Behind Latest Album Is "Finding the Beauty in Imperfection"—Watch Now!" by Bruna Nessif, www.eonline.com. December 17, 2013.

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Smart, Inspiring Yourself

Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening.

- Allen Ginsberg

topic: Writing, Listening, Care, Just Believe In Yourself, Beauty Of Life

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Travel, Solo Travel, Soul Life

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

- Lucille Ball

topic: Love, Inspirational, Relationship, Knowing Love, Inspirational True Love

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

- Shirley MacLaine

topic: Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself, True To Myself, Inspirations Being Yourself

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Makes You Stronger, Courage To Change

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

- Dr. Seuss

topic: You Choose, Just Believe In Yourself, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational Student, Inspire Students

To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

- e. e. cummings

source: "A Miscellany (A Poet's Advice to Students)". Book by E. E. Cummings edited by George James Firmage, 1958.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation, Inspirations Being Yourself, Inspiring Graduation

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

- Tim Field

topic: Silence, Victim, Bullied, Live For Yourself, Definition Of Beauty

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Beauty, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

- Harvey Fierstein

topic: Beautiful, Being Yourself, Freedom, Live For Yourself, Definition Of Beauty

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational Life, Be Who You Are, Mind, Keep Smiling, Way In Life

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

- Audrey Hepburn

source: "Business Etiquette for the Nineties: Your Ticket to Career Success". Book by Lou Kennedy, 1992.

topic: Self Esteem, Firsts, Rate, Inspiration And Motivation, Grad

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

- Louise Hay

source: Louise L. Hay (2009). “You Can Heal Your Life”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

topic: Positive, Years, Trying, Inspiring Self Esteem, Inspiring Yourself

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

- Taylor Swift

topic: Love, Life, Relationship, Just Being You, Inspiring Yourself

To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Beautiful, Being Yourself, Lying, Understanding Yourself, Self Healing

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

- Theodore Roosevelt

source: Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Live For Yourself, Life Going On

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

- Bernard Baruch

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Way In Life, Trying To Fit In

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation, Live For Yourself, Soft Heart

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

topic: Doors, Long, Looks, Daily Work, Always Happy

If you think you can't, you're right.

- Carol Bartz

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Smart, Thought Of The Day, Best Success

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Live For Yourself, Making Mistakes And Learning From Them

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

- Benjamin Spock

source: The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care ch. 1 (1946)

topic: Family, Trust, Encouraging, Trust Your Instincts, Inspirational Confidence

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

- Harvey Fierstein

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Positive, Individuality, Theatre, Live For Yourself, Just Being You

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

- Viktor E. Frankl

source: Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.113, Beacon Press

topic: Change, Positive, Inspiring, Mans Search For Meaning, Times Have Changed

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

- Henry David Thoreau

source: "Walden". Book by Henry David Thoreau, 1854.

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Live For Yourself, Man Of My Dreams

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone to tell you who you are.

- Beyonce Knowles

topic: Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Self Worth, Inspiring Yourself, My Self Worth

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

- Deepak Chopra

topic: Holiday, Simple, Secret, Inspiring Yourself