True To Myself Quotes

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  I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

  Frederick Douglass

  Respect, Fear, Integrity

  Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Just keep being true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun.

  Blake Lewis

  Fun, Sacrifice, Passionate

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• Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

  Robert Browning

  Being Yourself, Being Single, Acceptance

  Richard Cronin, Robert Browning, Dorothy McMillan (2015). “Robert Browning”, p.265, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I’ve always been a person who’s been true to myself and true to others and I’m not afraid to be honest.

  Tamar Braxton

  Honest, Not Afraid, Persons

  "Tamar Braxton Returns with Her Own Show. Dot Com". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. September 11, 2012.

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• I’ve been the same guy since day one. No matter how successful I am in life, I’m going to stay true to myself and stay humble and grounded. I feel like that’s where your success comes from. Once you get that big head, it’s over. You feel like you can’t be stopped. Staying humble is the only way you can be great.

  A. J. Green

  Humble, Successful, Guy

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• I'm passionate about being true to myself, sending good energy to the people around me, traveling, staying inspired, being a good friend, being a good daughter, being a good sister.

  Erin Wasson

  Daughter, Good Friend, People

  "Supermodel & Designer Erin Wasson on Her Collection, Role in Sofia Coppola’s Next Film & Kissing Justin Timberlake". Interview with Sabine Heller, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2009.

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• I have received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true to myself and I've taken a little beating behind it.

  Curtis Jackson

  Taken, Writing, Reality

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching career. It hit me along the way that I needed to really get at the heart of what's really true to myself. And then I was able to mold it and shape it in the years at SC to become the approach and the concept and the culture that we try to create here at Seattle.

  Pete Carroll

  Football, Heart, Years

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• I try to be true to myself yet still at the same time look at comments and look at what the fans have to say and kind of put it in perspective. I'm never someone whose not open for opinion, I'm always just down to make it work and see how we can do things but at the end of the day I always want to make sure it represents me. It's really about just being humble and not selling yourself on being there already.

  Kid Ink

  Humble, Perspective, The End Of The Day

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• I've tried to stay true to myself this whole entire time, and I think I've represented myself as creatively as I could with what I got on the show.

  Blake Lewis

  Thinking, Stay True, Shows

  "Blake Lewis Reaches Out To Gnarls, Will.I.Am After 'Idol' Finale: 'Call Me!'". Interview with Katie Atkinson, www.mtv.com. May 24, 2007.

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• I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been. Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do.

  Nicole Richie

  Father, Fall, People

  "Nicole Richie On Being A Fashion Star Mentor". Real Style Network Interview, www.realstylenetwork.com. March 2012.

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• I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No.

  Ani DiFranco

  Anger, Everyday, Trying

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. March 13, 2002.

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• The only reason I am successful is because I have stayed true to myself.

  Lindsey Stirling

  Successful, Reason

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• This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that I...that was on inside of me and not play games.

  Janis Joplin

  Texas, Games, Play

  Song: Albert Hall Interview

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• To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.

  Janis Joplin

  Play, Games, Bullshit

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• I figure if I just stay true to myself and I am the Whitney that I've always been, people will look at me not as Whitney from the show, but as a human being.

  Whitney Port

  People, Looks, Stay True

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• I cannot say where I will be in 5 yearsscratch that, tomorrowBut I know that wherever you find me, I will remain true to myself with a genuine smile on my face and happiness in my heart.

  Gina Carano

  Heart, Mma, Faces

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• I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional.

  Angelina Jolie

  Badass, May, Safe

  "Worldwide Exclusive: Angelina Jolie Opens Up". www.elle.com. May 7, 2014.

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• To be true to one's self is the ultimate test in life. To have courage and the sensitivity to follow your hidden dreams and stand tall against the odds that are bound to fall in your path. Life is too short and precious to be dealt with in any other fashion. This thought I hold dear to my heart and I always try to be true to myself and others that I encounter along the way.

  Flo Hyman

  Dream, Volleyball, Fashion

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• I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.

  Arthur Ashe

  Motivational, Sports, Responsibility

  Arthur Ashe, Neil Amdur (1981). “Off the court”, Dutton Adult

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• In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned that not every battle can be fought by firing an arrow from a bow. But I would have to face whatever new challenges came my way as bravely as I had faced the Huns. I could not wallow in self-pity, thinking about what might have been. I had to do my duty. It was the only way to stay true to myself.

  Cameron Dokey

  Father, Thinking, Arrows

  Cameron Dokey (2010). “Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan"”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• I am always going to be true to myself.

  Princess Diana

  Truth, Being True

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• I have to stay true to myself.

  Rob Corddry

  Stay True

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