Quotes About Authenticity

A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.

By the way, only a real man can accept his feminine side." "I don't know who fed you that line of garbage, but I can promise she's laughing at you right now.

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.

Men die the way they lived.

Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?

I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.

Down to earth advice about the path that leads away from the kingdom of the hollow men.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. Let us be like the man of the frontier and always reveal with utmost honesty our real reasons for all that we do.

No man was ever great by imitation.

I'm a simple man, and I use simple materials.

What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.

Don't let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself.

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Good appearance doesn't make a real man. The important thing is to do your best and keep your promises. A real man should show his faith in actions (rather) than words.

For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so softly I could barely hear him, "here in the dark, with you… I have no name.

Man is bound to lie about himself

Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be nice if all people could be honest and as genuine as he is. This is a real man.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

There is no more dreary or more repulsive creature than the man who has evaded his genius.

A man who says he feels no fear is either a fool or a liar.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.