John Burroughs Quotes

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming.

I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.

I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's really not with it. So I try to keep it as real as possible.

Don't ever write just for a trend or fad, because it's a moving target, and by the time you get your work out there, the trend or fad is gone. Dig deep; don't be afraid to write fiercely. Expose your heart.

When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to know you and they sense something genuine.

As a fan, I connect with realness. Whether it's strong or vulnerable, if it's real, I can connect with it.

People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.

Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

If you're gonna sing, sing from your heart, and the world will hear you.

If you go out and make a show and put your heart on the line every time, the people will respond to that and the promoter won't be able to say anything.

If you listen to what I'm saying, there's always a reason for it. Always. And it always comes from my heart, a place of love.

Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

I think the best way people can connect to you is by being real

Truth is a great flirt.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied with stories where I can't be passionate about the subject, where I can't make a difference.

A film can be big or small - I have to just fall in love with it. To connect with the character, the script, and the director. Sometimes they say to you, 'You should do that for your career; it's a big thing, people will go and see it,' but I wouldn't be able to, because my heart wouldn't be in it. I would drive people quite mad.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

Everything must come from the heart, must be lived.

The best way to impress a woman is to be the most honest you can.