Claims American writer Henry David Thoreau said, "Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be."
The Inspirational Words of Henry David Thoreau [...] I recently read a quote from Henry David Thoreau from his book Walden. It was an intensely profound quote that had great meaning for me. [...] If you live trying to live up to everyone else’s idea of who you are and who you should be, you’ll be living a charade. Don’t live your life as an actor. Be who you are and what you are.