Who said be true to yourself

Terms Privacy Policy. Part of HuffPost Wellness. All rights reserved. The words feel good to me -- positive, healthy, strong, peaceful and happy. Being true to yourself starts with knowing who you are and accepting yourself; knowing your strengths, passions, limitations and purpose in life and then living that way all the time. You come to know yourself only by living life. Finding what works for you. What defines you and makes you whole. Being true to yourself is a personal choice for truth; making choices about how you want to live.

You have the total power to live your life any way you want and to be faithful and factual to the truth about you. Being true to yourself means you don't worry about pleasing other people; living by someone else's standards or rules. You don't care what people think of you. You live as your natural self. Without compromise. No one can tell you how to be true to yourself except you. Being true to yourself is this simple -- either you live in integrity or you live out of integrity.

That's it. In or out. Moment to moment. No other choices. No other way to live other than being true to who you are. You choose one course of action. One way to be. I love how author and spiritualist Don Miguel Ruiz describes it: "Be impeccable with your word. Gandhi gives us three wise and basic guide lines to live your values: "Be congruent. Be authentic. Be your true self. Joan of Arc was passionate about living your beliefs: "One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it.

Give yourself permission to be your true self. You are true to yourself only if you are true to those around you. Share your thoughts in the comments , on Twitter , LinkedIn , or Facebook.

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Polonius has spoke these words as a token of advice to his son, Laertes, at the time of his departure to Paris. He says:. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!

Polonius believes that a person can be harmless and good to others when he is financially sound. Therefore, he must be loyal to his best interests first, then take care of others.