Words matter. These are the best True Self Quotes from famous people such as Anoushka Shankar, Gus Kenworthy, Kerry Washington, Jeongyeon, Thich Nhat Hanh, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
There is great strength in vulnerability, as it takes courage to push through the fear and share one’s true self with others. In music, that vulnerability really speaks to listeners as it connects with their own hearts.
When you’re able to be honest with yourself about who you are and finally can present your authentic true self to the world, you feel so much better about yourself, and it makes it easier for everyone else to feel better about you.
There are a lot of forms of exercise where you have to leave yourself out of the room while you force yourself to do this thing. With Pilates, I get to bring my true self. I cry, I laugh. I get to go, ‘Where is my body today? What do I need today? How can I take care of myself and push myself past my comfort zone?’
My appearance when I show up at the salon after washing my hair and going to bed the night before is my true self.
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
I’ve never… when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
The True Self is not our creation, but God’s. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.
Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don’t hear the sound; you are the sound.
Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
I am assuming my father learned at an early age that there is nothing more dangerous than showing your true self. I think a lot of us learn that, and it actually may be true.
Be your true self. Because if you’re not, there are consequences to be paid.
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
All my work is not personal – I’ve been trying to get away from that into the true self underneath all the tastes and things we think make up a self.
I look at this world we live in now where someone like Lil Nas X can push forward his true self, full of pride and self-love and have the chance to be loved for who he truly is. I was realising with great sadness that I didnt get that experience.
I never really did abandon my true self. It’s not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.
I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: ‘not sexy,’ ‘not funny,’ ‘too intense,’ desperate.’ All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn’t a trace of my true self left.
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.
If you manifest your true self through nature and your normal surroundings, I find that the most eerie. Like when you see birds suddenly start flying in a different direction or when you see moths forming weird shapes, I think that’s the weirdest way to let yourself be known.
I was terrified to be my true self because I felt that it wasn’t enough. But I allowed myself to break down those walls.
I think that the major message in ‘Shrek: The Musical’ is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn’t want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.
Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything… whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.
When it comes to the draft process, I’m going to be – I’m not going to say anything stupid – but I’m going to be my authentic, true self, and hopefully someone in an organization says, ‘That’s my guy.’
