Be as advertised.

— Johnnie Dent Jr.

Being gifted means facing the next level of depth without ever being repulsed by the curse that comes with the magic of being different.

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

Being here is such a contrast to where I’d otherwise be.

— Fennel Hudson

Being original is beautiful. Copying someone is just being a fool

— Tarang Sinha

Being yourself is an old myth, being fake in this world of cruelness is a new trick

— Srishti

... but as with so may diagnose it is, in the end, the symptoms that matter, not the cause, because this is what being alive means, this is what being a person means, to be sickened by an illness known as you.

— Heidi Julavits

Charm is simply a matter of being yourself. Your uniqueness is your power.

— Keith Ferrazzi

Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.

— Shannon L. Alder

Consider the fact that maybe…just maybe…beauty and worth aren’t found in a makeup bottle, or a salon-fresh hairstyle, or a fabulous outfit. Maybe our sparkle comes from somewhere deeper inside, somewhere so pure and authentic and REAL, it doesn’t need to gloss or polish or glitter to shine.

— Mandy Hale

Dear heart, we embrace the song and the story and all our gifts because the world has such great need, and because the world exceedingly rejoices, and because there is no sadder thing than to leave this world having never really shown up.

— Carrie Newcomer