Quotes About Authenticity

I don't like to open my mouth a lot because, I'll be honest with you, man, I come from the streets.

Kids in England will stop you on the streets and tell you bluntly they don't care for your current record. But it keeps you down to earth.

I never looked out for MTV... I just looked for the approval of the streets... The streets will always let you know.

When I made 'Feed tha Streets,' those were the only 17 songs I had made, period. There was no cutting songs out or adding other songs in.

I made 'Free Game' based on personal experiences, what I been through, my life, exposing people to the fact that I'm in the streets.

I Am' is the album that displays a little growth. The record, to me, is bringing the streets back.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.

One should have strength and courage to follow their own truth, speak their own language, fulfill their own dreams.

I'm always grateful when people share stuff on social media that I've never seen before, because it gives me a bit more strength to hold more space for the unsavory parts of my life that cause me shame.

It's about sticking to your strengths - I'm not trying to run away from nobody or do any double stopovers or anything like that, have you seen how big these legs are? Though i'm sure people would love to see it.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

It's your flaws, not your strengths, that go down in the depths of your books. You're exposed, like dreaming you're naked in a public building.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

It's common for people to start questioning themselves. As a female, I'm going to offer the advice I gave myself: You look at your strengths, you look at your goals, and accept that you are who you are. Be true to that.

Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.

You can learn from others but you have to be yourself. You can't start out with the idea that you have to copy others, you have to play to your strengths.

I have a few celebrity friends, but I'm really not into the whole Hollywood scene. I like to separate myself from my work. It stresses me out if I do too much of the same.

One way I deal with stress is when I feel a certain way, I just do it. It's like, I want a hamburger, so I'm just going to eat a hamburger. I don't want to answer your phone call right now - I'm not going to answer your phone call. Just be able to say, 'This is how I feel. This is the way it is, deal with it.'

When I was in the closet, I had so much pressure on my shoulders. When I came out, that was actually the first moment I felt relieved of those stresses. It really showed in my skiing.

I want to stress to people to be themselves instead of trying to be like others.

When we push against who we naturally are, we feel stress, things don't progress easily, we beat ourselves up for getting crappy results, and everything is an effort.

People talk without knowing the real Cristiano. He's a normal person with normal habits like us. He likes his relatives. He loves his sons. He stresses the importance of being a father which I think is important. He's does this perfectly and naturally.