James Leo Herlihy quotes

James Leo Herlihy quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong.”
-- James Leo Herlihy

Source : James Leo Herlihy (1971). “The season of the witch”

#Being Yourself Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Esteem Quotes

“I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.”
“I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.”
“Follow your passion. Be yourself, but check yourself before you wreck yourself.”
“Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?”
“I'm like Johnny Cash. I only wear black.”
“I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.”

Source : "Adele - The Biography". Book by Chas Newkey-Burden, 2011.
“When one is out of touch with oneself, one cannot touch others.”
“Don't be afraid of your own strength.”
“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.”
“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”

You may also like:

Arthur Miller
Playwright
Clifford Odets
Playwright
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
Edward Albee
Playwright
Elia Kazan
Producer
Frank Serpico
Police officer
Joe Buck
Sportscaster
John Frankenheimer
Film director
John Schlesinger
Film director
John Steinbeck
Author
Jon Voight
Actor
Patricia Highsmith
Novelist
Raymond Chandler
Novelist
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
Truman Capote
Author
Waldo Salt
Screenwriter
Warren Beatty
Actor
William Golding
Novelist
William Holden
Actor
William Inge
Playwright