Quotes About Authenticity

Do what you want to do, and don't feel pressure to do what other people want.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.

I never put pressure on myself because I know who I am and where I come from.

You don't need to bow down to peer pressure or be comparing yourself.

I never put myself under any pressure or anything. I embrace the moment, play in the moment, and I feel strong. Nothing fazes me; I just want to be myself.

The pressure of looking a certain way and having to present yourself a certain way is hard. It's difficult to feel genuine about yourself when you feel the pressure of being a certain person.

I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!

I feel like there's a lot of pressure on artists to be 100-percent organic all the time.

With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.

I don't think you should feel too pressured about a mixtape. Just do what you want to do and show the music you want to show. You're not trying to win something big with it.

You know, I'm just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don't feel pressured to be otherwise.

I'm so genuine about what I do and how I want to do it, and I get anxiety when I'm pressured from the outside.

In this perfect world, there are certain imperfections that catch your eye. That's what works for me. I don't concentrate on being perfect, but instead put that effort behind my craft and being true to myself. I don't conform to pressures outside of me. I am confident about myself.

People are always going to tell you to lose weight, and they tell you how they feel about it. There are pressures always to be a certain weight, but you have to be who you are. And if you want to change, you have got to do it for you and not for what people want you to be.

We must resist the pressures of others to soundbite our complicated, nuanced experiences.

Remember, don't let the pressures of doing business get in the way of what doing business is truly about: building relationships with people.

He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

I don't live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living a lie. That is a presumption that people jump to.

I've made no pretence to be a modern man at all, ever.

I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.

I'll never pretend to be I'm something I'm not.