Quotes About Authenticity

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

I would rather be told an R-rated truth than a G-rated lie.

He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and concerts and gallery openings ... He grew to despise the rigid formality of dating, missed the easy familiarity of simply being with someone, sharing friendly silences and unforced laughter.

To defend and teach the Bible from the very first verse – the great need for practical and relevant apologetics teaching for all ages To live an authentic, biblically based Christian life as individuals and as a church, so people will see Christ reflected in all that's done. Stop the hypocrisy!

Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.

That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.

There's nothing more powerful than coming out and being who you are.

One of the strongest signs of being in the zone is a sense of freedom and of authenticity.

When people are in their Element, they connect with something fundamental to their sense of identity, purpose, and well-being.

A strong will to be yourself is an indomitable force.

But it is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are. The decision to play it safe, to take the path of least resistance, can seem irresistible, particularly if you have your own doubts and fears about the alternatives.

When you add the noise of the external world to all the roles you take in it, it is easy to lose sight of who you really are. To find your Element, you need to regain that perspective. One way is to create time and space to be alone with yourself, to experience who you are when no one else wants anything from you and the noise has stopped. One method is to meditate.

To find your Element you have to get to know yourself better. You have to spend time with yourself, apart from other people's opinions of you.

She just needed to be who she really was.

The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in a swarm.

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.

The truth will not necessarily set you free, but truthfulness will.

You in big trouble w'en you have ta apologize foh bein' yo'self.

Don't fool yourself by thinking you can talk ugly about somebody and then act lovingly toward them. You can't. Your actions are going to fall right in line with your words. That's a biblical principle.

o fato de um relato parecer ser "exato" ou não é algo que irá depender de uma tradição da comunidade (...) "falar a verdade" é falar de uma forma que confirme a tradição de uma determinada comunidade.

The true heart is the voice of the spirit.

A volte è meglio non essere quello che siamo davvero. Non ci fa bene. E alla gente non piace. Bisogna cambiare. Bisogna sforzarsi, e fare respiri profondi, e forse un giorno prendere pillole e imparare trucchi per far finta di essere più come le altre persone. Quelle normali. Ma forse Vanessa aveva ragione, e anche quelle persone, tutte quante, erano guaste a modo loro. Forse passiamo tutti quanti troppo tempo a fingere che non lo siamo.

You look nice in those old slacks, but in the raw you are Beauty herself.

I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book.