Rodney Crowell Quotes

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.

It's really important to be honest to yourself.

We're all hypocrites. We all say one thing and do another. But why don't we try to do what we say more than what we don't?

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Be as you wish to seem.

One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was to be brutally honest, particularly about myself.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

You get to a point where you get tired of being stupid and selfish and not being honest with yourself.

Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don't make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.

I can only live in the world of truth, inasmuch as I'm able to be truthful with myself at any given point, on any given day.

I try to be honest with myself.

Men must be honest with themselves before they can be honest with others. A man who is not honest with himself presents a hopeless case.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

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

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.