“Accept no one’s definition of you, define yourself.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”

Harvey Fierstein (1954) actor from the United States

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”

Toni Morrison book Beloved

“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself”

Earl Nightingale (1921–1989) American motivational speaker

“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“…) All you need is to get rid of the tendency to define yourself. All definitions apply to your body only and its expressions. Once this obsession with the body goes, you will revert to your natural state, spontaneously and effortlessly. (…”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“If you don't get out there and define yourself, you'll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others”

Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States

“I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.”

Donald Ervin Knuth Digital Typography