Quotes About Authenticity

Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.

When you squeeze an orange, you'll always get orange juice to come out. What comes out is what's inside. The same logic applies to you: when someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, or says something unflattering or critical, and out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, tension, depression, or anxiety, that is what's inside. If love and joy are what you want to give and receive, change your life by changing what's inside.

Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.

If you follow the herd, you'll end up stepping in shit.

You are not necessarily what you say. Behavior is a much better barometer of what you are than words. What you do in your present moments is the only indicator of what you are as a person.

You correct an error by bringing truth to it.

Don't die with your music still in you.

Sören Kierkegaard wrote, "Once you label me, you negate me." When the individual must live up to the label, the self ceases to exist. The same is true of self-labels. You could be negating yourself by identifying with your trademarks, rather than your own potential for growth.

Release the need for the attention of others

Listen to your music, and do what you know you have to do to feel whole, to feel complete, and to feel as if you're fulfilling your destiny. You'll never be at peace if you don't get that music out and let it play. Let the world know why you're here, and do it with passion.

Living by being instead of trying

Release Others' Expectations. If you focus on what others expect of you, you'll continue to act on and attract more of what they desire for you. But when you can shift your inner thoughts to what you intend to create and attract into your life, you will no longer have to give mental energy to what others want for you....

My outer world looked great, but my inner world, where I do all of my living, felt incomplete and restless.

Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.

If you follow the herd, you'll end up stepping in shit." The shit I refer to is living with yourself when you ignore what you know to be right and true and instead follow the "offal" instructions of others who are afraid to leave the herd and want you to be just like everybody else.

What is clear to me today is that I must ignore the opinions and advice of others when they interfere with my own inner knowing. It is enough for me to know that I have a song, and by God, I intend to sing it.

if you don't feel fabulous, you have deviated from the path of who-you-really-are.

The only thing you need to learn is that you already are what you are seeking to attain.

If you want to find deeper meaning in your life, you can't find it in the opinions or the beliefs that have been handed to you. You have to go to that place within yourself.

Make an effort to remove all labels that you've placed on yourself. Labels serve to negate you. You must ultimately live up to the label rather than being the limitless spirit that is your true essence.

It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not." — ANDRÉ GIDE

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