The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
Lao TzuI’m totally myself.
Karl LagerfeldI have all the emotions that everyone has; it just appears that I don’t.
Steven WrightI don’t have anything to hide.
RihannaMoral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
Mahatma GandhiIt is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Mahatma GandhiAll of my music is honest.
The WeekndAlmost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Samuel JohnsonI always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
Lady GagaThe free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
Charles BukowskiOnly the ideas that we really live have any value.
Hermann HesseFaith is a state of openness or trust.
Alan WattsI’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the ‚light-hearted‘ Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the ‚deeper‘ Anne is too weak.
Anne FrankIt’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.
Michelle ObamaThose outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world – not to win them, but to be like them.
Billy GrahamVulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It’s tough to do that when we’re terrified about what people might see or think.
Brene BrownI’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.
Clint EastwoodWho I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.
Beyonce KnowlesBut even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.
Bob DylanOriginality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
Thomas CarlyleIt is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not.
Lady GagaWhen you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me.
RihannaThe secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.
Christopher HitchensI don’t mind telling a dark side.
Clint EastwoodI don’t mind saying, you know, that I don’t take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It’s been printed all over, so I don’t feel like I am hiding anything.
Joel OsteenThe hardest thing for – not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it.
Kendrick LamarI don’t want to be fake. I’m just being me. And I have the power to break stereotypes and whatever useless rules that society puts on us.
Bad BunnyI’ve lived a very colorful life, and I’ve said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I’ve never apologized for them – and I won’t.
Jim MattisThe problem with EMMA is that it is cost prohibitive for the small investors who were supposed to benefit from the new transparency.
John KennedyTo thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
William ShakespeareGovernments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves. That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
Noam ChomskyWhen I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.
Bad BunnyI’ve never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record.
Taylor SwiftTransparency at the MSRB is dubious with data downloads too costly for all but the Vanguards of the world.
John KennedyI want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
Marilyn MonroeI’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.
Jimmy CarterThe most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
PlatoI have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.
Kevin GatesI want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being.
ConfuciusI’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.
John LennonMan is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
Albert CamusI will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!
Nipsey HussleTrue glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don’t hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.
Paulo CoelhoIf I’ve got a problem with one of my clients that needs to get solved, guess what I’m going to do? I’m going to call them up, and I’m going to say, ‚Hey, here’s what’s going on. This is the situation. This thing went sideways. I didn’t expect it. Now it’s going to take me some more time to get you what you need.‘ But I’m going to do that upfront.
Jocko WillinkToday you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Dr. SeussKnow, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
EpictetusTruth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBe as you wish to seem.
SocratesSwearing is industry language. For as long as we’re alive it’s not going to change. You’ve got to be boisterous to get results.
Gordon RamsayThe greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
SocratesWanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Kurt CobainWhen the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn’t truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn’t come from your spirit and your soul, it’s an injustice to your position. And so, I’m really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.
Lady GagaIf the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
Tennessee WilliamsBeing too good is apt to be uninteresting.
Harry S. TrumanI feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.
Kevin HartThe American public’s a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I’m going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I’m going to do it.
Joe BidenI leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.
Taylor SwiftSincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
Lao TzuI’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.
J. Cole