Quotes About Authenticity

What if the real question is not whether TO be, but HOW to be?

Ain't such a line between faking and being.

you think the whole thing was an act? Was a fake?" I shake my head... "I daresay it was real in the moment," she says, measuring her words. "But men are different than women. Their emotions are capricious.

No one is who they pretend to be.

No one can call you a liar for sharing your personal experience. - Scott Davis

do not confound playing with playing a part.

Do you ever tell the truth?" "Once. In fourth grade. It was overrated.

By the way, only a real man can accept his feminine side." "I don't know who fed you that line of garbage, but I can promise she's laughing at you right now.

Life's too short to pretend and play games like that. I want to spend my time hanging out with people who make me feel good about myself. People who make me happy.

But we all must be true to our own nature. Acting as anyone other than yourself merely brings you pain and makes you appear ashamed of who and what you are. Others will feed off that shame, and soon it will be all that you are.

Being with a man incapable of telling a lie – a whole lot of awesome. Being with a man who could taste when you lied – sucked the big one.

I'd rather the world considered me crazy while I go down fighting than spend the rest of my life hiding from the truth.

you're smart, pretty, and you aren't a douche purse.

Her mouth has always lacked any type of filter, a problem exacerbated by her refusal to lie about anything. Two qualities guaranteed to turn every conversation into a battlefield.

Besides, life's too short to pretend and play games like that. I want to spend my time hanging out with people who make me feel good about myself. People who make me happy.

Maybe I'm obsessed with numbers because they always tell a story and unlike people, they never lie.

Please tell me you aren't one of those people who subscribes to the 'say something nice or stay silent' philosophy.

Please. Shit sprinkled with sugar was still shit. Baden

People lie because they wish to impress those around them. I seek to impress no one. You would be wise to remember that.

But you know what? I'd rather the world considered me crazy while I go down fighting than spend the rest of my life hiding from the truth.

When people look at me, they automatically assume I'm dark and weird. Why can't they see the truth? I'm just a girl, trying to find my place in the world.

Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.

Are you trying to talk me out of going?" "I am trying to figure out who you really are." "Same man I was last night." "Last night you smelled like turnips. Tonight you smell of leather and mystery.

Recovering authentic Christian spirituality does not require producing a new message. Nor does it mean joining the cacophony of our culture. Instead, recovering authentic Christianity requires increasing the clarity and power of the signal so it can be heard over the background noise.