Jerry Spinelli Quotes

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

I think the best thing your parents can do for you is to let you be yourself.

Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.

I believe in just being yourself, and the whole kit and caboodle comes with it.

For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself.

I wouldn't want to be in a relationship where I'm not even free to be myself.

Let Dion Waiters be him. Correct me when I'm wrong but let me make mistakes.

The day you realize you don't have to make sense to anyone is the day you start to make sense to you.

You don't have to live up to anyone's expectations, just be the best you can be

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

Quit putting yourself in a little box by trying to live consistently with your past and explaining every little action you take. BE YOU. Fully. In this moment. Independent of what others may or may not 'expect' from you.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.

Give people permission to be who they are and they will love, thank, and respect you forever.

I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly.

You can survive without a label... matter a fact, you're better off without one!

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

Life consists in learning to live on one's own, spontaneous, freewheeling: to do this one must recognize what is one's own-be familiar and at home with oneself. This means basically learning who one is, and learning what one has to offer to the contemporary world, and then learning how to make that offering valid.

The point of life that I'm currently at is a 'me right now' type of attitude. I am 37 years-old, my son is in college and my daughter is in high school. I'm becoming okay with me. I can't live life as an artist or person being someone that someone else has tried to mold me into. I'm not going to put on a dress that's two sizes too small. I'm custom making my own clothes so that they'll never fit anyone else if you know what I mean.

Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.

I started coming into my own at 30, discovering what's important to me, not caring what other people think.

I like to be a free soul.

There is one thing I'm going to be, and that's me.