Corinne Kutz

You Are Unique! Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

We are at war with ourselves.
Sade Andria Zabala
March 14, 2017
“You are hard to look at 
not because you glow, 
but because you are the drop off of a skyscraper. 
You are the distance to the ground, 
you are what people fear to fall into, 
you are what people risk their lives to see. 
And when someone does finally see you,
it is because they were courageous enough to look”
— Lillian Shelton, Untitled
Tagged: Poetry, Jealousy, Inspirational, Love, Identity, Self love, strength
“The minute you learn to love yourself, you would not want to be anybody else.”
— Rihanna, From Her Speech At The 2016 BET Awards
Tagged: Self love, Inspirational, Confidence, Girl Power, Body Positive, Finding Yourself, Self Discovery
“I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can’t be helped.”
— Fritz Perls, Gestalt Prayer
Tagged: Life, Independence, Acceptance, Relationships
“Don’t look to other people for validation. Your birth was your validation.”
— Anonymous, Humans of New York
Tagged: Inspirational, Self love, Growing Pains, Empowering, Finding Yourself, Humans of New York
“Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all different people and we're allowed to be different from on another. ”
— Ellen Degeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding
Tagged: unique, weirdness, Be yourself
“Never compare your insides to someone else's outsides.”
— Rob Lowe, Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
Tagged: beauty, inner beauty
“Does the sun ask itself, ‘Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?’ No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, ‘What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?’ No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, ‘Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?’ No, it burns, it shines.”
— Andrea Dworkin, Our Blood
Tagged: beauty, Self Worth, Self love, Vanity
“Normalness leads to sadness.”
— Phil Lester, The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire: The World of Dan and Phil
Tagged: normal, Sadness, unique
“I hope that you do not let the world condemn you for being too loud, too expressive, too soft; that you do not let it convince you to be perfect instead of real. I truly hope that you celebrate the fact that you are not for everyone, that you are not impressing the kinds of people who were built on the foundations of a sad world. If there is anything you do, please, let yourself rejoice in the fact that you do not fit in, that you think differently, because there is a chaos that laughs inside of you and it is going to change lives. It is going to make even the cynics believe again. It is going to grow love from thorn and glass.”
— Bianca Sparacino, You Are Not For Everyone
Tagged: Soft, unique, Self love, Positivity, Optimism, Hope
“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”
— Anaïs Nin, The Artidote
Tagged: Finding Yourself, Peace Of Mind, Inspirational
“If you don’t love yourself for your flaws and imperfections, you can’t expect anyone else to either. Sometimes the very thing we are most insecure about is the feature that people like the most about us. You’re not supposed to look like everyone else. We are each made differently, so find whatever flaw or imperfection you have and start embracing it because it’s part of you.”
— Demi Lovato, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year
Tagged: strength, Finding Strength, Battling Depression, Battling Mental Illness, Mental Illness, Be yourself, Your Story, Changing Your Life, Love Yourself, Embrace Yourself
“It’s taken me a long time to be happy with my body and for my confidence to grow to what it is today. I grew up when the body to have was the tall, slim, supermodel one, like Cindy Crawford’s. No one looked like me. It’s good to break the mould and recreate one.”
— Kim Kardashian, Kim: 'It Bothers Me That I’m Not Pregnant'
Tagged: Body Positive, Confidence
“It doesn't help anyone to judge their happiness or career by looking at where others may or may not be. Dad said it best: 'All the time you're looking left and right at other people, you're neglecting what's in front of you. If you focus on looking straight ahead, you can take the odd glance at the future.' He's got a way of saying things sometimes that just puts everything into perspective.”
— James Corden, May I Have Your Attention, Please?: The Autobiography
Tagged: Perspective, Happiness, comparison
“If I am always comparing myself to others, I will forever be at war with myself. And who needs that?”
— Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked
Tagged: Comparing, Self Worth, Relationships
“They were great men, with huge flaws, and you know what — those flaws almost made them greater.”
— Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production
Tagged: imperfect, Flaws, Greatness
“When you start to compare yourself to other people, please change the channel in your mind to something else, because I think that when it comes to how we see ourselves, other people are really mean, but we’re really mean to ourselves. And so it’s easy to get confused. And when you do get confused, um, and you start feeling like you’re not special, or you’re not different, or you have nothing important to say – we all feel like that sometimes. What I want you to do right now, if there’s one thing you remember from tonight, remember what I’m about to say. You need to look into the mirror in the morning and not tell yourself that you’re not special.”
— Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift - 1989 Tour
Tagged: Taylor Swift Quotes, Swifties, Real Talk, Comparing
“You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that. Don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder that you are. Every star is important to the sky.  ”
— Douglas Pagels, 100 Things to Always Remember and One Thing to Never Forget: Words to Live by and Wishes to Share - Updated Edition -
Tagged: unique, Shy, Fear, Be yourself
“A mindful person accepts who they are and gives that same respect to the people that share in his/ her life. Making comparisons cheapens what is unique about a person. Being mindful means refusing to compare your life path with others, and also never expecting your partner to be someone who they are not.”
— Simeon Lindstrom, Codependency - "Loves Me, Loves Me Not": Learn How To Cultivate Healthy Relationships, Overcome Relationship Jealousy, Stop Controlling Others and Be Codependent No More
Tagged: Compare, Jealous, Self Worth, Partner, secure
“Your innate desire for self-improvement causes you to measure yourself against others, which is good if it inspires you to become a better person. It’s when you measure your worth based on others’ opinions, that you start having doubts.”
— Bailey Jackson, How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others: An Essential Guide to Developing Self-Esteem and Learning How to Stop Being Envious or Jealous of Others
Tagged: Obsessive Comparison Disorder, Doubts
“Because really, that’s what comparison does: it makes life all about me, how I measure up or fall short. And all that self-absorption consumes our mental energy and prevents us from enjoying life.”
— Kay Wills Wyma, I'm Happy for You (Sort Of...Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison
Tagged: Obsessive Comparison Disorder, comparison, Jealousy
“If Rihanna is teaching women anything about style today, it’s not to give a fuck.”
— Karizza Sanchez, What Rihanna Is Teaching Women About Style in 2014
Tagged: Rihnna, Fashion, style, Icon, IDGAF, Confidence, beauty
“If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter - for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”
— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath
Tagged: comparison, Jealousy, Type 4, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“Don't compare. This is a big one, and something our society loves to do. Comparing keeps us small. It lowers our energy. Quite simply, it feels like crap.”
— Kate Eckman, 7 Tips For Loving & Honoring Your Body(Yes, Even The "Flaws")
Tagged: body confidence, comparison, other women
“Don’t pretend to be someone else just to get attention. Dress the way you want to be treated. Your look is part of your self-expression, not a billboard to scream your latest crisis. Give yourself a makeover to signal your new life but to thine own fabulosity be true.”
— Abiola Abrams, 7 Ways To Not Seem Desperate (When You Sorta Are)- Gurl.com
Tagged: Desperate, dressing, Be yourself, Makeover
“Don't compare your results to someone else's. You can never be another person, you can only be a better version of yourself.”
— Fitness Motivation
Tagged: Fitness, Results, comparisons
“Stop comparing. Yes, your friend may have arms like Arnold Schwarzenegger or a stomach like Jennifer Aniston, but you are not your friend and this is not a competition.”
— Real Buzz, 5 Ways To Feel Better Naked
Tagged: Feel Good Naked, comparisons, Bodies
“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”
— Shan Gogh, 19 Things I Have Learned About Happiness In 19 Years
Tagged: 20-something, comparison, better yourself
“You are flawed, imperfect, and unique… and that’s okay.”
— Macaile Hutt, 7 Affirmations to Tell the Person in the Mirror. | Rebelle Society
Tagged: Positive Affirmations, Flawed, unique
“If you’re not grappling with self-doubt half the time, you’ve probably lost perspective. The confident ones give us the worst and most lifeless bullshit.”
— Adam Gnade, The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad
Tagged: Depression, Social Anxiety, Anxiety, Perspective, Important, Spilled Ink
“Today I choose to be honest with myself. Today I choose to accept my sadness as a part of my body because it is one of my primary emotions that makes me who I am. Today I choose to love my way into my journey to my own enlightenment. Today I choose to hope, I choose to dream, I choose to believe in the magic of my becoming. Today I choose to be enough for the person I will be tomorrow.”
— Juansen Dizon, Choices
Tagged: Acceptance, Optimism, Inspirational, Motivational, Good Enough, Forgive Yourself