Maya Angelou Quotes

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

Take care of your kid's character, and everything will follow after that. Character is everything

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

I am not that kind of a person who can written off.

My mother has brought me up in a manner that has allowed me to retain my values, ideologies, and philosophies. I was let loose, just enough to develop an individual personality.

I used to tell myself that I will always be myself.

The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought.

I didn't want to lose my sense of myself in my profession.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.

Fighting for identity is something that is very much in my life.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I'd like to be known for my character.

I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

The enormous potentiality for nature’s bounty and men’s capacity to differentiate their experience can become valued by the individual himself so that he will not be tempted and coerced into adjustment

Whatever my faults, I have some principles.

I am stubborn enough to know not to change myself.

I'm still the same cat I always was.

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.

My tenacity and determination to be true to the person I had become were sacrosanct.