„You have to be true to who you are.“

„Is it true?
Can you absolutely know that it's true?
How do you react when you believe that thought?
Who would you be without the thought?“

—  Byron Katie American spiritual writer 1942

„I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.“

—  Robin Jones Gunn American writer 1955

„True love is taking the risk that it won't be a happily-ever-after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, "I'm not afraid to believe in you.“

—  Cara Lockwood American writer 1973

„Compromise is necessary,” Max agreed, “so long as you never give up who you are. That isn’t compromise; that’s spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.“

—  Charles de Lint author 1951

„If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you're here to touch, those who believe in you.“

—  Allison DuBois American psychic 1972

„Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.“

—  Dr. Seuss, buch Happy Birthday to You!

„True greatness isn't so much what you do as who you are.“

—  Ben Carson 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon 1951

„True fame is not determined by the amount of people who heard of you, rather by the amount of people who support you.“

—  Isaac Mashman businessman, speaker 2000

„A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them.“

—  Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors 1943 - 1971

„I think you have to rise above, to remain true to who you are. No matter what is said about you in the media, you have to look at the big picture — and you have to have a plan for where you want your life to go. And you also can't think that everyone is going to be there to help you; it's a lonely road to success.“

—  Erika Jayne American singer, actress and television personality 1969

„Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter — you’re the one who sat down, and joined the game.“

—  Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985

„If you don't know your history, you don't know who you are. Holds true for nations too.“

—  Joanne B. Freeman US historian and tenured professor of History and American Studies at Yale University 1962

„When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.“

—  Milan Kundera, buch Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins

„If you have one true friend you have more than your share.“

—  Thomas Fuller English churchman and historian 1608 - 1661

„If you believe, it doesn’t have to be true.“

—  Ron English American artist 1959

„For what are we interrupted? For the grandest dramas and the greatest joys, … for true loves, for desperate needs … If you are a moral being, you will have done well to be a being who has broken off, one who has stopped.“

—  Laurie Zoloth American ethicist 1950

„I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.“

—  Brian Selznick, buch The Invention of Hugo Cabret

„The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.“

—  Cassandra Clare, buch City of Fallen Angels

„If I wanted to doubt then I could doubt endlessly. But at some point a person has to stop questioning and act, and at that point you have to trust something to be true. You have to act as if something is true, and so you choose the thing you have the most reason to believe in, you have to live in the world that you have the most hope in.“

—  Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist 1951