E. L. Konigsburg Quotes

The final aim is not to know, but to be.... You've got to know yourself so that you can at last be yourself. "Be yourself" is the last motto.

One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.

It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!

Don't try to be me. No one but me can be me. But you can be you. Look inside yourself and get to know who the real you is. And then be that person. The best version of you.

Anyone who knows who God made them to be will never try to be someone else.

Live the life you're living and try and stay who you are

You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn't try to be a tiger, and you shouldn't try to be something you aren't. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature. You still won't be perfect, but success isn't about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.

Success takes the courage to know who you really are and be comfortable with that.

Remember who you are. It's really okay to be who you are.

Don't ever become so preoccupied by who you want to be that you forget to be who you are.

I guess what I know now that I definitely didn't know as a child, is that being truest to yourself is the greatest weapon in the war to achieve. That sounds really negative, but in conquering or achieving something. I think, as a child, I thought I had to be somebody else.

If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.

Please, please, PLEASE be yourself. If you catch yourself not, take a step back.

You've always made the mistake of being yourself.

We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.

You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.

At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.