John Wooden Quotes

We must be true to ourselves. And we must be true to others, whether they believe we are or not.

To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.

You have to be honest about who you are.

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private.

Have the guts to be true to yourself. Nothing more.

Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.

Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become.

Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.

It is indeed a million times better to appear untrue before the world than to be untrue to ourselves.

I think it's important to just be a good, honest person and be true to who you are.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

This above all,--to thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

I cannot deceive my people.

In football, and in life, I have always tried to be completely honest and true to myself and my family at all times, and that is what I will continue to do.

The bottom line is you need to be authentic, you have to be really honest to yourself.

If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.

To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.

Truly know thyself, and to thine own self be true.

We only need to be as true to others as we are to ourselves, that there may be grounds enough for friendship.

Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.