Quotes About Authenticity

It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance like the man in the streets.

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man.

Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.

When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths men miscall their lives.

A man must be himself or nothing!

A man who doesn't say what he means or do what he says, craves attention and misuses it when he gets it, doesn't share what he knows and earns,deserves death.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.

You know what I hate, man? Guys that you know haven't seen the film: they just quote a bunch of statistical bullshit.

I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes place with terrible exactitude.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.

After all, things are what they are. A message is a message, plates are plates, men are men, and life is life.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

My guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I'm a true blues man.

A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility.

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.