I Decided to Live as Myself Quotes

“Even if the world doesn't value my existence, I respect myself, and that is enough for me to live confidently as I am.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Even if we are nothing but small dust in this universe, we can overcome this emptiness and protect our own dignity.
Regardless of what the world considers victory and defeat, I want to feel proud of that life.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“I, a simple being
will not envy what I am not
weather their cold stares
so as to live
as I have lived as myself”
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“Are we not losing life today because we are caught in our thoughts about the future?”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“There's no other way. The best way to cure a wound is to constantly exert effort to heal every day.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Because you're so worn out and fed up with yourself, and because life is already too hard for you to handle, you may also feel that you want to abandon yourself. But there's no one else who'll take care of your life but yourself.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Relax and return, not to the world inside your mind, but to you real world. The life you actually lived is more peaceful than what you imagined.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“I'm not perfect either, but I'm trying to be. In order for you and I to be a little happier, let us be more understanding of ourselves and others.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“You don't live to be understood by these narrow-minded people, and your life is yours alone.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Being normal is not absolute perfection but would mean having some wounds, some flaws, and something lacking.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“I conclude that life, after all, means coping with the uncertainties.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“There is no perfect answer in life and whatever your decisions are, all of them are just and right as long as you are responsible for them.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“We all have our pain and shortcomings, and no one lives an undamaged life. That is why the truth you have to know is that no one lives a perfect life. At times, that truth can comfort us.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“The biggest tragedy of capitalism is that it regards talents that can’t be converted into money worthless.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Living with the same pattern every day is limiting life's innumerable possibilities and diversity, and losing our own lives. So let us go to the sea on a weekend, try to walk through a different route after getting off work, meet new people, and try to experience things we haven't tried until now.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Life is a long journey. We won't get exhausted if we take life lightly. So if you want to live an easy life, face once again the things you couldn't let go in your heart and have the courage to leave them behind.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“What we need when looking back isn't regret, but assessment. What we need when looking ahead isn't worry, but judgment.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“If you chase external values without looking at your inner self, you'll always live with comparisons and never reach real happiness and self-respect.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“We tend to live trying to meet the standards of our society and parents rather than our own philosophy and way of life. This results in many people not being able to come up with their own beliefs and philosophy, thus not having a clear idea about themselves.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“IQ can't measure wisdom, the number of friends can't prove the depth of relationship, the size of one's apartment doesn't guarantee a harmonious family relationship, and net income can't represent someone's personality.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“I'm actually not living to be understood by you.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Man proposes, God disposes.
Knock and the door will be opened.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“This is why in order for us to make a living, we have to do even the things we don't like, and bear whatever — be it weariness or anxiety. Even if we still do not want to be adults, we become adults by pretending to be so, just like what our parents did.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“In this world, there are lots of crazy and pathetic people. Those people hurt us when we are young and continue to haunt us like unresolved issues until now.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Stability in life isn't achieved by removing the uncertainties in life but by facing them.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“You shouldn't succumb to the unacceptable standard or feel cowed by it and end up depreciating your own value. There are various ways to define good students, various ways to live a good life, and we all have a right to pursue our own answers.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Let's fuel each other's respect. It shouldn't be selective respect according to rank, annual income, profession, or physical appearance, but an unconditional equal respect for myself as well as for others.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“Even if we don't become what we expect to become, even if we have to bear the feeling of being insignificant, we should face our true selves, and not make excuses.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“True value isn't measured in numbers. Therefore, if you want to be incomparable rather than superior, you should eliminate numbers from y our life. What is truly important in our life lies beyond numbers.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Myself

“When you occupy yourself in doing things that others expect from you and suppress your own desires, you lose any sense of what you enjoy and what you really want.”
― Kim Suhyun, I Decided to Live as Me: An Illustrated Checklist for How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others So You Can Learn to Love Yourself