Be True To Yourself Quotes

I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the globe, for the purposes of art, of study, and benevolence, so that the man is first domesticated, or does not go abroad with the hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows. He who travels to be amused, or to get somewhat which he does not carry, travels away from himself, and grows old even in youth among old things ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist. ~ Donny Osmond

Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth. ~ Eugene V. Debs

Be true to yourself. Don't take no for an answer. And start your Transcendental Meditation. ~ David Lynch

You can't hide who you are, it will only cause you pain. ~ Claire Cullen

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. ~ John Wooden

Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life. ~ Rumer Willis

Be true to yourself and don't live your life according to other people's dreams and wants. ~ Ambra Celeste

Be true to yourself and to the culture you were born into. Tell your story as only you can. ~ William Zinsser

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in. ~ Louise Brown

And it only matters how true you are. Be true to yourself and follow your heart. ~ Hilary Duff

Believe me, I love commerce as much as the rest of the readers of 'Businessweek.' But in art, you have to be true to yourself and your musical vision. People have known me well for a long time, so if I was chasing a trend and doing something that wasn't authentic to who I am, they would know it in just a few seconds. ~ Lionel Richie

Live your life in your own unique way and be true to yourself ~ Josei Toda

Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy. ~ Tony Hsieh

You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks you are better than other people. ~ Stephen Gaskin

Be true to yourself and everything will be fine. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

You have a destiny to fulfill, something greater than you've ever even imagined. But if you're going to become all you were created to be, you've got to take off the "average" label. ~ Joel Osteen

If you're conscientiously seeking approval, you're not being true to yourself. ~ Tomas Kalnoky

Growing old is the price you pay for living. Growing up is optional.

Be true to yourself - don't let people turn you into something you're not. ~ Chris Mawbey

Always be true to yourself and live your best life. ~ John R. Miller

Doing risk sport had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you're right on the edge, but you don't go over. You have to be true to yourself; you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means. ~ Yvon Chouinard

If there's fighting to be done, you just to have to stand and fight. That has always been true. It was that way throughout the war. You have to be true to yourself- you can never be something you are not, and you can't fool yourself. ~ Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper

Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste. ~ Duke Ellington

If you're a writer, you're not a short order cook. Forget what people want. Write what you want to write, be true to yourself ~ Mark Rubinstein

Be true to yourself- and keep things simple. People complicate things ~ Jay-Z

A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you. ~ Tom Ford

Just be true to yourself and don't do anything that doesn't feel right. ~ Matt Preston

Be true to yourself to reveal your own unique beauties, feelings, and perceptions. ~ Debasish Mridha

Be accountable to yourself.
be true to yourself. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you, and keep away from people who bring you down. ~ Steve Maraboli

Love is brave and generous and above all it springs from honor. In order to love someone else, you must first be true to yourself.
Love is not two people wanting or needing what the other can give.
Hester Latterly ~ Anne Perry

Listen to yourself, not the noise of the world. Only you know what is right for you. ~ Leon Brown

Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else's. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way? ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

Always be true to yourself and follow your dreams! ~ LaDonna M. Cook

Year by year I learn more about myself, and I think that confidence and honesty and just really being true to yourself is probably the most beautiful thing that you can do for yourself and the people around you. ~ Dianna Agron

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. ~ Natalie Merchant

I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system. ~ George Osborne

No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos. ~ D.H. Lawrence

You must be true to yourself. Strong enough to be true to yourself. Brave enough to be strong enough to be true to yourself. Wise enough to be brave enough to be strong enough to shape yourself from what you actually are. ~ Sylvia Ashton-Warner

To be brave is to forsake all others to be true to yourself. ~ Glennon Doyle

There is no sense talking about "being true to yourself" until you are sure what voice you are being true to. It takes hard work to differentiate the voices of the unconscious. ~ Marion Woodman

Always be true to yourself regardless of the consequences. I assure you not doing so has even greater consequences. ~ Thorin

The only thing you can do through all the scrutiny and just in life in general is be true to yourself. ~ Vanessa Hudgens

Life is all about being true to yourself and what you believe in ~ Andy Biersack

It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

When you fight yourself to discover the real you, there is only one winner. ~ Stephen Richards

Be confident in who you are, regardless of what you don't have. The more confident you are, the more open you become to share your fears and challenges with your partner. ~ E'yen A. Gardner

Vulnerability is a loaded word, and it can off-putting and terrifying to people. The best moment of my life (and by the way, this actually wasn't a single moment) was when I realized that I no longer give a damn about what anybody thinks. What you'd talk about as vulnerability, I'd talk about as simply being true to yourself. ~ Cindy Gallop

Anybody who listens to their intuition risk at times making other people disappointed or even pissed off because you're not tending to what they want from you but instead to what feels right for you. ~ Maria Erving

We spend our lives asking the question, 'What do people want me to do? Who do they want me to be?' But this is a betrayal of our inner truth. We should be investing our lives in the pursuit of discovering who we are and what we were created to do. ~ Elizabeth Grace Saunders

I would say I don't like people who are really into themselves or are very materialistic. Just always talking themselves up. Not being real is the pet peeve. Be true to yourself. ~ Austin Stowell

Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature. ~ Win Butler

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. ~ Michel De Montaigne

Honestly, you can't manage expectations. It has nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with everyone else. And everyone else is going to have expectations, and all you can do is do your job and do your best and be true to yourself. ~ Erin Davie

It takes a lot of courage to be true to yourself, true to your heart. ~ Jandy Nelson

Just be you. I'll be me. And we'll meet somewhere in the middle. ~ Claire Cullen

I'm always uneasy with messages. I think if there is a message, it's about taking control of your life. Not becoming a victim. Be true to yourself. In essence it's about love in the drug culture. ~ Neil Tennant

You can still make today the day you change yourself, love yourself, forgive yourself, respect yourself, honor yourself, cherish yourself, admire yourself, express yourself, be true to yourself ... It's never too late! ~ Steve Maraboli

Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself. ~ Maya Angelou

To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials. ~ Richard Branson

When you truly love another person, you're fragile. Not in the sense that someone's words or actions hurt you, because you can be true to yourself even when you're feeling hurt. When you really love someone, you're willing to lose everything that makes you who you are, and you'd do it in the blink of an eye. And even if it's all in vain, there's nothing in it you'd regret. ~ Zoya Tessi

Figuring out who you are and being true to yourself is not just important, but it is critical to being authentic. ~ Kim Garst

Seek peace and pursue it.' ~Psalm 34:14 ~ Elizabeth Grace Saunders

What will a man gain by winning the whole world, at the cost of his true self? ~ Jesus

Always be loving, always be kind, always be true to yourself, because it matters. ~ Debasish Mridha

If you live your life only following the path you think is approved or acceptable, or the one you think is expected of you, you'll be making a huge mistake. Not a single successful person ... has ever done great things because they played it safe. You've got to be true to yourself. ~ Carson Kressley

Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like. ~ Marie Lu

If you want to be at peace, you have to be clear about your intetion and - moment by moment - in alignment with your intention ~ Iyanla Vanzant

Be true to yourself. because if your not you, dont know who you are (By William Avery Smith) ~ William Avery Smith

Be true to yourself; the whole world will trust you. ~ Debasish Mridha

Love also means the freedom to follow your own conscience. If you can't be true to yourself, you don't have much left to give anyone else. ~ Anne Perry

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure. ~ Virat Kohli

The most important thing is to be true to yourself, however you feel, and not try to feel or behave differently because you think you should, or someone has told you how you must feel. But do think about it. Unexamined feelings lead to all kinds of trouble. ~ Garth Nix

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Be you, be true to your word, don't sell yourself short and don't waste your life worrying. ~ Sam Owen

If you lower your standards to be in a relationship, you are only lowering yourself, your heart, and your consciousness. Be true to yourself. Even if it means a life time of solitude. At least you know you lived a life of truth within yourself... ~ Kenneth G. Ortiz

Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you. ~ El Cordobes

Just be true to yourself, and listen as much as one is able to to other people whose opinions you respect and look up to but in the end it has to come from you. You can't really worry too much by looking to the left and the right about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision. ~ Anna Wintour

Even when you're acting, you still need to be true to yourself because you don't want to put on a show for the rest of your life. It is a hard way to the top, but it is also very easy to come back down as well. Also, it is really important to keep yourself rested, and whenever you need a break, take a break. ~ Miley Cyrus

She wore her vulnerability like red lipstick, with nothing else. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Above all else, be true to yourself. Do what YOU want to do. Walk alone and be your own judge. It'll be a bumpy road sometimes, but you'll carry yourself a little taller at the end of each and every journey. In the end nobody except you cares whether you run your life at the beck and call of everyone else or whether you choose to be a Warrior-Sage, living your own life.
And that's the way it should be. ~ Karl Wiggins

Be true to yourself and follow your heart. Never bury yourself in disappointments or mistakes but learn from them and simply don't give it your energy. Focus on the positive and embrace the miracles life gives you. It's call the gift of HOPE. ~ Jes Fuhrmann

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself. ~ Robert De Niro

As you learn to be true to yourself, you will find that you attract people, work, and other circumstances that reflect your evolution and development. ~ Shakti Gawain

do it from the heart or not at all. ~ Jeanette Winterson

Be true to yourself-at the core of your leadership are your values and morals. ~ Artika Tyner

One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself. ~ Ramsey Campbell

How do I structure my life to be at peace with who I am, & comfortable with what I'm doing & not doing? ~ Elizabeth Grace Saunders

I would never tell anyone who to vote for. I'm a different kind of 'liberal' and I think people should be true to themselves. If you're Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, you should be true to yourself and be who you are. ~ Jon Lovitz

For every one person who praises you, there are a hundred who would criticize. Heed neither the one nor the hundred. It is your own opinion that truly matters. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When anyone makes comments that are offensive to you, would you be willing to do the teaching? ~ Iyanla Vanzant

THE INVITATION
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you
dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love,
for your dreams,
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow,
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed from fear of future pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain,
mine or your own,
without moving to hide it,
or fade it,
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy,
mine or your own,
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to be careful,
to be realistic,
to remember
the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling
me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself;
if you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul;
if you can be faithless and therefore
trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty,
every day,
and if you can s ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Empathy seems to have been replaced with judgement in today's world. NO ONE has arrived. I repeat, NO ONE has arrived. We all experience joy, happiness, sadness, anger, disappointment, fear, etc ... Some of the most successful people have said things in interviews that give you a peek into their vulnerable areas. The differences are found in how we manage our own issues so if you are beating yourself up, comparing yourself or on the other end of the spectrum looking down on others ... please stop! We are all searching for significance in one way or another ... some have found it within while it takes others a little more time searching the outside. Be true to yourself and allow others to do the same. Remember, no one has it all together all the time. NO ONE HAS ARRIVED ... WE ARE ALL BE-COMING. HUMANS BE-ING. So let folks BE. ~ Sanjo Jendayi

Anger simply means that your personal power - your personal space, your personal sense of being - has been violated ~ Iyanla Vanzant

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself. ~ Beverley Mitchell

There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race. ~ Joel Osteen

Sometimes, in order to be true to yourself, you have to piss some people off. And you have to write some people off. And you have to step on some toes. And sometimes, you have to take some giant steps backward to go forward. Every once in a while you need to go back and make that right turn you missed somewhere along the line. It's ~ Becky Durfee

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. ~ John Wooden

Learn to be true to yourself, and everything good will follow. ~ Abhijit Naskar

People aren't defined by their relationship. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships. ~ Nina Dobrev