8 Poems about Being Yourself

1. Be Yourself
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   Be yourself
   Not someone else
   Whatever you do
   Don't pretend you're not you.
   
   When you try to be someone you're not
   You will fail no matter how much you got
   No matter how hard you try
   It will catch up with you by and by
   
   Living life and being you
   Will make things so much easier too
   As we all have strengths and weaknesses
   Focus on the strengths to bring out greatness.




Motivational Poems



2. You Wish
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   You wish you were like someone else
   You envy all they have
   You say, "Why can't I be more like them
   Then I would be fulfilled and glad."
   
   But realize that God gave you
   Gifts that are unique
   And being true to only you
   Your gifts will surface too.
   
   Be yourself always
   Be true to your values and beliefs
   Don't try and be another
   Just be you forever!




Inspirational Poems



3. Always Be
   Poet Unknown
   
   Always,
   Be understanding to your enemies.
   Be loyal to your friends.
   Be strong enough to face the world each day.
   Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
   
   Always,
   Be generous to those who need your help.
   Be frugal with that you need yourself.
   Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything.
   Be smart enough to continue learning.
   
   Always,
   Be willing to share your joys.
   Be willing to share the sorrows of others.
   Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.
   Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
   
   Always,
   Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
   Be last to criticize a colleague who fails.
   Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.
   Be sure of your final destination, by setting your goals along the way.
   
   Above all, always be yourself.



The poem, Always Be, gives us words to live by that are positive and uplifting.



Quotes about Being Yourself



4. The Crystal Gazer
   Poet: Sara Teasdale
   
   I shall gather myself into myself again,
   I shall take my scattered selves and make them one,
   I shall fuse them into a polished crystal ball
   Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun.
   
   I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent,
   Watching the future come and the present go -
   And the little shifting pictures of people rushing
   In tiny self-importance to and fro.




5. Never Be Someone Else
   Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
   
   Never try and be someone else,
   You are unique
   Let your words be you,
   When you do speak.
   
   You were given talents
   And gifts to use,
   And not to use them
   Will only see you lose.
   
   Like every fingerprint or snowflake
   You are one of a kind
   So focus on your talents
   And others, never mind.
   
   By being yourself,
   You will find more success
   And never will you have to
   Worry about what to confess.




Positive Poems



6. The Solitary
   Poet: Sara Teasdale
   
   My heart has grown rich with the passing of years,
   I have less need now than when I was young
   To share myself with every comer,
   Or shape my thoughts into words with my tongue.
   
   It is one to me that they come or go
   If I have myself and the drive of my will,
   And strength to climb on a summer night
   And watch the stars swarm over the hill.
   
   Let them think I love them more than I do,
   Let them think I care, though I go alone,
   If it lifts their pride, what is it to me,
   Who am self-complete as a flower or a stone?




7. Myself
   Poet: Edgar A. Guest
   
   I have to live with myself and so
   I want to be fit for myself to know.
   I want to be able as days go by,
   always to look myself straight in the eye;
   I don't want to stand with the setting sun
   and hate myself for the things I have done.
   
   I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
   a lot of secrets about myself
   and fool myself as I come and go
   into thinking no one else will ever know
   the kind of person I really am,
   I don't want to dress up myself in sham.
   
   I want to go out with my head erect
   I want to deserve all men's respect;
   but here in the struggle for fame and wealth
   I want to be able to like myself.
   I don't want to look at myself and know
   I am bluster and bluff and empty show.
   
   I never can hide myself from me;
   I see what others may never see;
   I know what others may never know,
   I never can fool myself and so,
   whatever happens I want to be
   self respecting and conscience free.




Poems about Life



8. A Creed
   Poet: Unknown
   
   I believe that God created me to be happy, to enjoy the blessings of life,
   to be useful to my fellow-beings, and an honor to my country.
   
   I believe that the trials which beset me today are
   but the fiery tests by which my character is strengthened,
   ennobled and made worthy to enjoy the higher things
   of life, which I believe are in store for me.
   
   I believe that my soul is too grand to be crushed by defeat;
   I will rise above it.
   
   I believe that I am the architect of my own fate;
   therefore, I will be master of circumstances and surroundings, not their slave.
   
   I will not yield to discouragements,
   I will trample them under foot and make them serve as stepping-stones to success.
   I will conquer my obstacles and turn them into opportunities.
   
   My failures of today will help to guide me on to victory on the morrow.
   The morrow will bring new strength, new hopes,
   new opportunities and new beginnings.
   I will be ready to meet it with a brave heart,
   a calm mind and an undaunted spirit.
   
   In all things I will do my best, and leave the rest to the Infinite.
   I will not waste my mental energies by useless worry.
   I will learn to dominate my restless thoughts
   and look on the bright side of things.