Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. – Rumi
Be a light unto yourself, a refuge unto yourself. – Buddha
Be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it. – Sai Baba
Be absolute for death; either death or life shall thereby be the sweeter. – Shakespeare
Be careful how you interpret life, it is that way. – Erich Heller
Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. – Sudie Back
Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the self. – The Vedas
Be good and you will be lonesome. – Mark Twain
Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you’re happy with a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken away from you. – Deepak Chopra
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. – Colette
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. – Mother Teresa
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Plato
Be like water. Water is fluid, soft & yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: What is soft is strong. – Lao Tzu
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. – Confucius
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. – Helen Keller
Be open, be available, be exposed, be skinless. Skinless? Dance around in your bones. – Wallace Stegner
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. – Flaubert
Be thankful for what you have. You’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey
Be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind don’t matter. And those who matter don’t mind. – Theodor ‘Doctor Seuss’ Geisel
Be yourself, because everyone else is already taken. – Oscar Wilde