To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.

More quotes by E.E. Cummings

View all
"Always it's spring and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves."

- E.E. Cummings

Love

"You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars."

- E.E. Cummings

Love

"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)."

- E.E. Cummings

Love

"Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars."

- E.E. Cummings

Love

"Always it's Spring and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves."

- E.E. Cummings

Love

More Self-confidence Quotes

View all
"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."

- Hasidic Proverb

Self-confidence

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

Self-confidence

"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

Self-confidence

"I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will."

- Amy Schumer

Self-confidence

"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

- Rosalynn Carter

Self-confidence