Duke Ellington Quotes

Be yourself, take control of your life.

Be the best version of yourself rather than a bad copy of someone else!

I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

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

I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.

Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.

I just look to be myself. I'm not trying to be nobody. I'm just trying to be the first Zion.

I want to stress to people to be themselves instead of trying to be like others.

I don't want to be like anyone else or do what someone else did. I want to be like me and do what's best for me. I can't go do stuff Cardi B did - that may not work for me.

People often ask me, 'Who is your role model?' and it sounds a bit cliche, but I've been trying to be my own model.

It's very, very important to be yourself, and that's the kind of message that I want to get across in my character as well. On TV, that's the message that I want to get across to fans of all ages, really: To get somewhere, you just have to be yourself. Don't ever change for anyone.

You need to be your own individual.

Don't change for nobody.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

Be yourself, let you come through.

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

You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.