The best advice that anyone can receive is to be yourself. Trying to change who you are or be someone that you are not is a big mistake. Everyone has certain talents, skills, and strong pointsOften people try to hide who they really are because they want to impress someone, but honest relationships are those that last and pretending to be different will not make you happy. Your real friends will like you for who you are, not who you pretend to be. You are an original so let that show through.
The only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
I stand up for what I believe in and a lot of the time that can be against people's opinions.