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The Great Gatsby
Hamlet

Stay True To Yourself Quotes

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

– William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3. The keynote of Polonius’ famous speech to Laertes who is about to depart for Paris are these final words of wisdom. He counsels his son to be true to himself, which means he cannot be false to anyone else. One cannot overlook the deep irony in Polonius’ oft quoted exercise in sagacity and moral advice. For Polonius is a hypocrite who doesn’t practice what he preaches. After offering his blessing to Laertes to go to Paris, the deceitful Polonius sends someone to spy on him, he spies on daughter Ophelia and Hamlet, and he interferes in Ophelia’s romantic relationship with Hamlet, which contributes to her taking her life.

Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that.

– Ellen DeGeneres

Just stay true to yourself and true to wut you believe.

– Joel Madden

It’s hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.

– Hilary Duff

Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only ‘formula’ I believe in towards making a good writer is: ‘to thine own self be true!’

– Ashwin Sanghi

I’ve been successful, but I haven’t had any unwanted attention. To be honest, I’ve never invited or courted attention. I think if you act normal, then people will treat you normally. If you go around with a big entourage all the time, you’re not staying true to yourself.

– Bonnie Tyler

Overall I think that the most important thing is to have true friends, and always to stay true to yourself and never try to be somebody that you’re not.

– Diego Boneta

Most importantly, you have to stay true to yourself as well as those fans who made you who you are as an athlete.

– Fedor Emelianenko

My new song ‘Shrug’ I created with two guys. The idea was a message about ignoring haters. People one-up you, stay true to yourself.

– Christina Grimmie

You can stay true to yourself and your friends, you can do the right thing, you can do with your life whatever you want to. I think that’s a lovely message.

– Matthew Lewis

It’s hard to go with a trend. As soon as it’s out, everyone picks it up. It’s important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate.

– Estella Warren

You have to stay true to yourself and where you’re coming from, and sometimes people see you in a different light, but you have to take it in and try to be positive about anything.

– McKayla Maroney

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

– Michelle Obama

You really have to stay true to yourself, as cheesy as that sounds. And you cannot take no for an answer, and you have to dream big. I think that’s the greatest thing my family ever taught me: if you’re going to dream, you have to dream so big.

– Ksenia Solo

You have to be 100 percent comfortable with yourself and who you are. You’ll have unflattering pictures posted on the Internet for all to see, so you have to be able to handle yourself and stay true to yourself.

– Katherine Webb

I learned that it’s super important to stay true to yourself and your family. I’ve also learned that I’ve got a lot to learn about life, but that’s just part of growing up.

– Miley Cyrus

Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.

– Phillip Sweet

If you stay true to yourself and true to your vision and your own values, you can power through and make an impact on modern life.

– Stephen Bannon

The fashion world is so interesting because it’s always changing, but if you know yourself really well, despite of all the changes in the fashion trends, you know how to stay true to yourself.

– Yuna