Quotes About Authenticity

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else

S? fii intodeauna o versiune de prim? mân? a propriei persoane, nu una de mâna a doua a altcuiva.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.

You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And you edit to let the fire show through the smoke. ARTHUR PLOTNIK

If you are to write the truth, you must go beneath the surface into deeper, often darker waters where the light wavers and breathing is a matter of mindfulness.

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.

I am not sincere even when I am saying that I am not sincere.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Ich bilde schon lange keine Meinungen mehr. Ich sage Dinge, weil sie besser klingen als andere, die ich ebenfalls hätte sagen können.

People take their same old lives wherever they go. No place is perfect enough to strip you of that.

I pull out my notebook from my bag and open it. I read through all the pages I've written. It makes me feel more substantial, somehow. I do exist. I am me. This is the story of my heart.

Love isn't something you turn on or off. It's just…there. But I won't annoy you with it, I promise you.

Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda… —insistió Mercedes. —¿Qué dices? —le preguntó Bruno que no entendía lo que su amiga le decía. —Nada, es un refrán español, que quiere decir que no importa que uno se ponga un buen traje y se haga pasar por un señor, porque siempre se le notará de dónde viene. —¡Mercedes! —El tono de Hans era de reproche.

Sabes, padre?, creo que lo que de verdad cuenta no es lo que uno diga que es sino cómo se comporta. Así que no importa qué etiqueta quieras ponerme, sino cómo soy con mis semejantes

But looking beautiful isn't, I think, as important as feeling beautiful

I should thank you'', she said. His lips stilled, and she felt him smile against his skin. ''For what?'' ''Everything, really. But mostly for being you

Thank you for coming over to congratulate me," Penelope said. "I wouldn't have missed this for the world," Lady Danbury said. "Heh heh heh. All these fools, trying to figure out what you did to get him to marry you, when all you really did was be yourself.

It is of no concern. I don't mind that I am not universally adored. If I wanted everyone to like me, I'd have to be kind and charming and bland and boring all the time, and what would be the fun in that?

Anne strove for honesty whenever possible, probably because it so often wasn't possible.

Leaning forward, he set out to conquer Miss Henrietta Barrett the same way he'd conquered women across Britain. Simply by being himself.

Alayc?l?k gerçek duygular?n yüzeye ç?kmas?n? engelleyen tek ÅŸeydir ve inan bana o duygularla yüzleÅŸmek istemezsin.

You're as kind and good a person as they come," he continued, "but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or cloy, or try to make everyone else kind and good.

He made her more confident, more daring. He made her more . . . herself. Or at least the herself she wished she could be.

Oh, don't call yourself odd. Let others do that, if they insist. Call yourself original. It has a much nicer ring to it.