Jorge Amado Quotes

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.

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.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

I can't just suddenly become 'Little Peace and Love Jair'... I've got to carry on being the same person.

I will utter what I believe today, if it should contradict all I said yesterday.

One of my major preoccupations is the approximation between what I say and what I do, between what I seem to be and what I am actually becoming.

There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness."

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

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

I can say I have become far more open about what I believe.

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

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

Be yourself, but always your better self.

If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.