You Do You Quotes

“Doing your best can be exhausting enough without doing everyone else's best while you're at it.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“You might die tomorrow.
Be selfish today.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“Which is why I’m telling you: You need to accept yourself before you wreck yourself.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“doubt is there for a reason-to preserve stability......You just can't give the marigolds of doubt unlimited access to obligation, guilt and fear, or they take over the whole joint.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“Whatever the case—if you’re contemplating a big audition, a big purchase, or a big haircut—when Judgy McJudgerson sneers, scoffs, or jokes “Don’t quit your day job,” he’s really saying, “That sounds risky. I wouldn’t.” Perhaps with a subtle note of “I don’t believe in you, so you probably shouldn’t believe in you either.” (Or just “I don’t believe you
have the cheekbones to pull that off.”)”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“Why spend time you don’t have with people you don’t like, doing things you don’t want to do?”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“How many times do I have to tell someone I don’t eat sushi before they will accept it and allow both of us to move forward with our lives? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOY SUSHI. I THINK IT SMELLS LIKE THE BOTTOM OF A DOCKWORKER’S SHOE.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are to Get What You Want

“The biggest obstacle to doing you is doing things just because that’s how everyone else does them, or because it’s the way those things have always been done. And when you deny your true nature just because you’re trying to fit in with the crowd—then you’re not doing you, YOU’RE SCREWING YOU.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“Stand up for who you are and what you want. How do you do that? Stop letting other people tell you what to do, how to do it, or why it can’t be done.*”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want

“People already admire celebrities and therefore accept their eccentricities, or those eccentricities form the basis for the admiration in the first place. So you're not a celebrity-so what? That doesn't mean you can't indulge in a little freedom of expression.”
― Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want