”He knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him”(Self reliance,Emerson)
This explains that based on your actions people might judge you so it’s good to leave a good impression . ”See if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear” (Walden,Thoreau)
That quote includes that you should go out into the world and try something new so that you have a life to remember on your deathbed. Being true to yourself is doing what you want to do because you are your own person and only you can control your actions and what you believe in.
Martin Luther King Jr. exemplifies being true to yourself by standing up for what he believed in having the same rights as everyone else. …show more content…
Because of Martin’s action he is one of the most famous man in America’s history.He was tired of the way he and others were treated. Since no one wanted to take a stand for their rights he decided to do it himself. He wanted others to get influenced and come together, so that they would be able to live a life how they wanted to. When he took a stand he didn’t want violence to appear so he would do non-violent marches,boycotts and protest. Well one day it all came to an end. Martin luther king Jr ,Age 39 had died of an assassination. When he had passed riots broke out across the