William James Quotes

If you lose who you are, what do you have?

Do stuff that is true to your own experiences.

To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life.

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

Ask yourself, 'what's more important - being real and being myself, or becoming successful? And ask the question knowing that you never actually have to choose between being real and being successful. You simply have to choose between being realand striving to be successful. Get the difference?

No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all.

I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.

I can't not be who I am.

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.

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

We have to program the mind of the public that age is not ugly. Age is just age. Wake up, American children, and stop listening to other people's voices. Know yourself, be true to yourself and make a contribution. It took me half my life to know myself. I listened to other people's opinions and took them as gospel.

Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.

Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends.

I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.

I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't feel natural or true to who I am.

I realized that... at the core of who we are, we're these perfect beings - and we're not taught that.

I can't be passionate about something or really give myself to something if I don't know it's a hundred percent authentic to who I am.

I've always done things that were true to me.

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.

There has always been a softer side to Sushmita Sen. You might never see it, but there is one. And you will never see the 'real' Sushmita on screen.