Quotes About Authenticity

I meditate. I need that time to stay true to who I am.

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.

You make your mark by being true to who you are and letting that be your staple.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.

I've got a soft spot for true individuals.

Always believe what you see - with your own eyes, that is. Always believe what you see. That's the best way to go about this business. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of people, and it was never true.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

People need to be true to themselves, and if entertaining and content-creating is something that does not come naturally and is really difficult, they should find something they are passionate about and love and do that instead.

No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

If I was just to shut up, I wouldn't be a true artist.

I like to think of myself as a true artist.

True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.

I'm firmly convinced that true beauty only springs from the acceptance of oneself, from an awareness of who we really are.

'True Blood' allows you to be big, so it's almost like you're on stage, and I'm comfortable with that.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

The word 'courage,' one of my favorite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life.

Nothing in the television show 'True Detective' was plagiarized.

With any project I work on - not just 'True Detective' - I don't feel the need just to play a strong woman. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh, she was so strong.' I want to play characters that are flawed and interesting.

Those things don't happen today. I feel sorry for the kids in the industry today. They have on sunglasses, eat caviar in jet planes, but they'll never know the true feeling that we did.

You want a friend who's going to tell you the truth. That's what it's about. If you don't have a friend who's going to tell you the truth every time something comes up, you feel like he's not a true friend.

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.

They are the only people in the world who I can truly trust and rely on. Touring gets really lonely. I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends?