Quotes About Authenticity

Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do.

I know what I don't want. I don't want to live through somebody else. To do what others expect me to do, be what they think I should be. I have to make my own choices, my own decisions. I have to control my own life, at least as much as any of us can

I don't want us to be together because either of us is afraid. We have to be whole before we can share what we are with each other

Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate, suicidal, doomed, and tired one? Probably a bit of both, hopefully much that is neither.

I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide.

Surely the truth was a really important part of any authentic relationship. But so was acceptance, and I hadn't known how to balance those two things. I still didn't. Maybe the only thing s person could really do in this life was just accept everyone exactly as they were and just love them the best she could.

Let go of your small self and become your true self.

Seto Kaiba [to Ishizu]: How do I know you didn't just make this slab a few days ago?! There's no proof it's 3,000 years old! Even carbon dating doesn't work perfectly on rocks!

In reply to the often asked question why he performs dressed as a woman, Kazuo has repeatedly stated: "My intention in dressing as a woman onstage has never been to become a female impersonator, or to transform myself into a woman. Rather, I want to trace my life back to its most distant origins. More so than anything else, I long to return to where I've come from.

Necessity is the ethnicity of truth.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.

Sometimes when you push someone, you find out who that person really is.

Deep down, everyone wants the truth.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." —Socrates

The best way to become good at small talk is not to talk small at all.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter

Charm is simply a matter of being yourself. Your uniqueness is your power.

GENEROSITY + VULNERABILITY + ACCOUNTABILITY + CANDOR = TRUST

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There's a scarcity of the authentic in our culture. "So many people are liars:

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

In short, caring is sharing, so ditch your milquetoast posts and say something that matters.

I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.