John Wooden Quotes

If I wasn't true to myself, I couldn't live with myself.

I have to stay true to myself.

You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.

What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

Be as you wish to seem.

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.

Authenticity is really important, and sometimes that's really hard to get.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

Deal faithfully and truly with your own soul.

I have to stay true to who I am.

Be true to yourself and your values.

Just stay true to myself. That's not even my goal. That's what you always have to do, 'cause at the end of the day when the cameras are off and you put your phone down, you got to live with yourself, be comfortable and sleep at night with the decisions you've made so I'm just always myself unapologetically.

I know I must be true to myself.

Your self is sacred; be true to it.

Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.

One should stick by one's soul, and by nothing else. In one's soul, one knows the truth from the untruth, and life from death. And if one betrays one's own soul-knowledge one is the worst of traitors.

He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward monitor obeys. And with the boldness that confuses fear Takes in the crowded sail, and lets his conscience steer.

That soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.

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

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human and I try to perfect it each day.