Quotes About Authenticity

Be the person you are, not the one others try to create.

Be what you are, but be careful in what you're doing.

Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.

You don't 'love' people when they are 'nice'. Don't you see that's the same as saying 'what's in it for me'?

Following a trend is useful, until you start alienating the original. The last thing we want is to live in a world where everything is the same. Originality and individuality is key.

Many people die long before their departure date, Through ignorance of living a life they never wanted to be apart of but are to scared to change.

If you don't listen to that gentle, yet persistent voice within, you betray yourself.

The one thing I have that nobody else has or can duplicate is my sound. The sound of my voice. The sound of my life. Others may say similar things but they can't say them like I do.

When you meet familiarity which demeans true integrity, run away!

The world doesn't need what women have, it needs what women are.

I believe that all women are pretty without makeup- but with the right makeup can be pretty powerful.

I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.

Thank God for such women, who make no apologies for their oceanic depth and riptides of emotion.

Women always try to tame themselves as they get older, but the ones who look best are often a bit wilder.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

A succulent wild woman is one of any age who feels free to fully express herself in every dimension of her life.

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

It took a while to grow the confidence to say, 'This is who I am, take it or leave it.'

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. -Carrie Bradshaw

Women need to become literary "criminals," break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.

Remove those 'I want you to like me' stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good -on your mirror!

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.