Therese of Lisieux Quotes

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.

affectation is fond of making a greater show than reality. ... Nature and truth have never learned to blow the trumpet, and never will.

Humility is all about being truthful and honest.

Humility is truth.

My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.

It's very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won't let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, 'Here I am. This is me.' I feel there's something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.

I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Be content to seem what you really are.

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.

Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

You just make yourself available to be full of love. And to be truthful and honest, 100 percent.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.