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Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. -- Ralph Marston
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. -- William James
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
The spirit is the true self. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
People will always show their true selves in the end. -- Leona Lewis
Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is. -- Danielle LaPorte
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. -- Brennan Manning
You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way". -- Richard Bach
Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. -- Carl Jung
Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are. -- John Bradshaw
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. -- Denis Waitley
There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Your surroundings, home, personal care, pets, clothing & body are all reflections of how you see and express yourself. Do these reflect your true self? -- Christiane Northrup
The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence. -- Sue Monk Kidd
It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die. -- S. I. Hayakawa
What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you - it's like the marriage between romantic love and an arranged marriage. -- Terrence Rafferty
Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore. -- Dorothy Bryant
Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes. -- Ramana Maharshi
There is a way to again be in real time with the universe, but it is not through force, imagination or manipulation. It is by finding your true Self. When you do, you will not need to manipulate life, it will simply flow. -- Mooji
Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out. -- Tina Turner
One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings. -- Satish Kumar
Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused -- Brennan Manning
Here is where our real selfhood is rooted, in the divine spark or seed, in the image of God imprinted on the human soul. The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence. -- Sue Monk Kidd
I understood that at the core, our essence is made of pure love. We are pure love-every single one of us. How can we not be, if we come from the Whole and return to it? I knew that realizing this meant never being afraid of who we are. Therefore, being love and being our true self is one and the same thing! -- Anita Moorjani
Giving up is not the answer. Neither is giving in. Stand your ground. There is a way of doing that without having to be combative. There is a way of hanging on to your true self, and demonstrating it, without resorting to aggression. But giving up and giving in is not the way. Simply and quietly claiming your right to be You is the way. -- Neale Donald Walsch
The best service to mankind is to become immersed in one's True Self. -- Asaram
Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this. -- Dogen
Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self. -- Guy Finley
The True Self is infinite. It knows no boundaries. Pure essence. Pure light. Engulfing the mind, the soul, the body, the invisible real, with its radiance. -- Alberto Villoldo
Happiness is your True Nature. Within you is Unimaginable Beauty. Your True Self is Bright and Shining this Moment. Through the clear Realization of the Truth, your Real Self will come shining through. -- Robert Adams
Breathe and Be RebornInto the LightnessOf your Heart and Inner Truths.Speakin the Silence of Dreams,Knowing the wordsBring the peace into your Soul.Radiant the Love that is your True Selfand AgainBe Reborn. -- Jennifer Hillman
Your technology is the inner practice of meditation, which will stimulate the link between your brain and ignite your innate desire to know your True Self. Trust yourself in a deeper way & reap the rewards! -- Michael Beckwith
The phrase, 'You must die before you die,' is found in most of the world religions. If you don't learn how to die early, you spend the rest of your life avoiding failure. When you can free your True Self, the whole spiritual life opens up. -- Richard Rohr
Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self. -- Queen Latifah
Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority. -- Tom Hopkins
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. -- John Bradshaw
Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid. -- Wendell Pierce
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self. -- Ben Harper
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. -- Martha Beck
I'm on the path to being someone I'm equally terrified by and obsessed with. My true self. -- Troye Sivan
I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her. -- Amy Lee
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. -- Nhat Hanh
Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don't hear the sound; you are the sound. -- Seung Sahn
I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self. -- Daniel Breaker
I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world. -- Daniel Breaker
I am assuming my father learned at an early age that there is nothing more dangerous than showing your true self. I think a lot of us learn that, and it actually may be true. -- Bruce Eric Kaplan
In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true self; this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. -- Troian Bellisario
Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything... whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out. -- Tina Turner
I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left. -- Naomi Watts
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free. -- Rachel Cusk
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity. -- Thich Nhat Hanh
If you manifest your true self through nature and your normal surroundings, I find that the most eerie. Like when you see birds suddenly start flying in a different direction or when you see moths forming weird shapes, I think that's the weirdest way to let yourself be known. -- Holland Roden
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life. -- Wayne Dyer
I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world. -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
Be true to thine own self. -- Socrates
My true self contains every possibility. -- Deepak Chopra
True friendship is self-love at second-hand. -- William Hazlitt
The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge. -- J. C. Ryle
Comparison is the death of true self-contentment. -- John Powell
Intelligent resistance keeps the true self alive -- Mary Pipher
True self-love and social are the same. -- Alexander Pope
The self is every person's true enemy. -- Ding Ling
You cannot hide your true self forever. -- Cassandra Clare
Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge. -- John Taylor Gatto
The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance. -- Laozi
Your self is sacred; be true to it. -- Paul Brunton
Leave your coast to discover your true self! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends. -- Adam Braun
Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Attitude ... is the vanguard of your true self. -- John C. Maxwell
Try to discover your true, honest, untheoretical self. -- Brenda Ueland
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our true self is made manifest in love. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love. -- Iris Murdoch
A true friend is a sort of second self. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
This above all; to thine own self be true. -- William Shakespeare
True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly! -- Morihei Ueshiba
True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty. -- C. S. Lewis
True education reveals self-potential, more than just sows ideas. -- Toba Beta
Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo -- Ed Parker
My true Self is free. I cannot be contained. -- Marcus Aurelius
True nobility is being superior to your former self. -- Colin Firth
This above all: to thine own self be true. -- William Shakespeare
True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect. -- Naoki Higashida
Get still, get calm, and let your true self out. -- John Douillard
Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance -- John Henrik Clarke
Reminiscence and self-parody are part of remaining true to oneself. -- John Updike
The ability to Self-Motivate is a cornerstone of true wealth. -- Bob Proctor
Truly know thyself, and to thine own self be true. -- Adam Rodriguez
...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around. -- Susan Cain
Only intimacy with the self will bring about true healing. -- Deepak Chopra
Your true self is a treasure of all divine virtues. -- Ma Jaya
True wealth is having your health, and knowledge of self. -- Immortal Technique
I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self. -- Katie Couric
Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self. -- Laila Ali
A true friend holds you accountable to your best self. -- Mike Glenn
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty. -- J. C. Ryle
Till man destroys "self" he is no true friend of God. -- Rumi
I can let my true self shine in front of God. -- Megan McCafferty
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. -- Henry David Thoreau
True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary. -- Charles Eisenstein
Unfortunatley, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains my self. -- Cassandra Clare
True forgiveness is a willingness to change your mind about your Self. -- Robert Holden
The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self. -- Mahatma Gandhi
When you're true to your heart, you're infusing your self with meaning. -- John de Ruiter
Yoga is for internal cleansing, not external exercising. Yoga means true self-knowledge. -- K. Pattabhi Jois
True abundance isn't based on our net worth, it's based on our self-worth. -- Gabrielle Bernstein
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self. -- John Calvin
The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides. -- Gayle Forman
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? -- Milton Friedman
While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self? -- Michael Meade
Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow. -- Vera Nazarian
Everything you experience is a blessing and pushes you toward realizing your true self. -- Vivian Amis
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized. -- Dalai Lama
True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. -- Helen Keller
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. -- Bruce Jenner
Do not fear to be your true self, for everything you want, wants you. -- Genevieve Behrend
The more deeply we are our true selves, the less self is in us. -- Meister Eckhart
True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do. -- Mason Cooley

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