APAD:to thine own self be true
to thine own self be true
Proverb
to thine own self be true
Be yourself; be true to yourself; do not engage in self-deception.
Full Quote:
“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 I, scene iii, lines 78–80.