IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE THAT HOLDS YOU BACK, IT'S WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT.

Who's to say to another "stop trying to be someone you're not", and how does he or she know just exactly what's inside of that person? We do not just become who we are, we GROW into the person we want to become. We envision the person we want to become, and take the steps and chances necessary to become that person we envisioned ourselves as. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Other people's opinions of you do not have to become your reality.