Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. ~ Pope John XXIII

When we are confident, all we need is a little support.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. ~ C. G. Jung

Give others freedom to be themselves. Appreciate the differences between their ways and yours.

I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I’m not.

Can you tell me why people go to such lengths to hide their real selves? ~ Anne Frank

I believe that if you judge me by the way I look, you aren’t even worth judging.

The only thing you have to be is yourself. ~ Save the Last Dance

Just be yourself, it doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else. ~ Jimmy Eat World

Gotta be what you are, not what others expect! ~ Anti Heroes

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. ~ Jean Paul Richter

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

I don't need anyone to take advantage of my weaknesses or my strengths; I need someone who will appreciate me for everything that I am.

Don’t focus on being different, focus on being yourself and your difference will naturally shine through. ~ Kevin Eikenberry

Remove those "I want you to like me" stickers from your forehead and instead place them where they will truly do the most good ... on your mirror.

You think you know me or something. Like you know what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling. You think you know what I want, and what I need. Who I love, and who I hate. But the truth of the matter is, you don't even know yourself. ~ Maegan Michelle

Yeah, I know I’m a freak. If dressing like that and acting so condescending makes me “cool” or “popular”, that’s not what I want out of life. There’s something more.

I’m a very independent girl, and sometimes people think I’m weird because of it. But that doesn’t bother me. Just because I’m not afraid to stand up for what I believe in, even when everyone else is sitting down, that’s no reason to follow the crowd. Because maybe, just maybe, I’ll make someone’s life better because I wasn’t afraid.

You have to be yourself. Be very honest about who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's fine. If they don't, that's their problem.

Not respecting yourself is the same as committing suicide at a slow rate.
She’s not the kind of girl who likes to tell the world about the way she feels about herself. ~ Garbage

Doesn't matter what they do, what they think, what they say ... at the end of the day, I'm okay anyway. ~ ZOEgirl

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. You are the person who’ll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Suess

Whoever you are, there is someone younger who thinks you are perfect; there is some job that will go undone if you don’t do it; there is someone who would miss you if you were gone; and there is a space that you alone can fill.

In a world of comparison and conformity, make your own statement. Honor your own truth. Have the courage to be yourself; risk speaking your own thoughts and claiming your emotions. Share your vulnerabilities, tears, doubts, and insecurities; let others experience the real you. Have the courage to be yourself and realize that you are a wonderful person.

Personality has the power to open doors, but character keeps them open.

I got my way of life and I won’t back down or apologize for things I cannot change. ~ Pennywise

I’m becoming more and more myself with time … I guess that’s what grace is, the refinement of your soul through time. ~ Jewel

I was never extremely good at anything. I was always that "average" kid. I was okay at school, I was okay at my instrument in band; I was okay at softball, I was never picked first ... but never last, always in between. I never had that "I'm good enough" feeling. A lot of people think that being average is normal, I even know people who are jealous of my normalness. I don't know why though. I question myself a lot, thinking of average me in a high school filled with somebodies, me being a nobody. Everyone in high school seems to know who they are and where they are going; well, at least they act like they do. Coming into high school you think you know who you are and who your friends are, but what happens when things change and your close friends aren't your close friends anymore? You know the expression, "You are who you hang out with"? Well, what happens when you don't know who your real friends are? When you don't know who is gonna be there when it really comes down to it? Who really cares enough to stand by you when it's you against the world? Well, does that mean you don't know who you are anymore? Cause it's lonely out here.