Quotes About Authenticity

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me… I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.

Better an honest enemy than a false friend.

True enemies are better than false friends.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.

Time alone can prove the worth of friendship. As time goes by we lose the the false ones and keep the best. True friends stay when all the rest are gone.

Friendship is not about people who act true to your face. It's about people who remain true behind your back.

Fake friends are like autumn leaves, they're scattered everywhere.

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."

What I tell a girl is, your six-pack hot boyfriend right now, in six years, will be balding and maybe have a paunch. But I make you laugh every five minutes today, and I'll make you laugh 20 years from now; that's not going to go away.

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you are.

The key to being a good mentor is to help people become more of who they already are – not to make them more like you.

As long as I keep it real, I learn something from everyone. And when you view yourself as a student and not as somebody who's bigger, there is still learning that can be done every day, and that keeps you open-minded and more ready to learn about life and love.

Embrace the glorious mess that you are.

Life is short, and there's something to be said for being true to yourself.

Love who you want to love. Life is short. Nobody's going to hate you for it.

You don't lose friends, because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you're better for it.

I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don't take themselves too seriously.

We should remember that saying 'I love you' is only a beginning. We need to say it, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to show it. We need to both express and demonstrate love.

Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I'm gay: well, the fact that I'm flamboyantly gay.

Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the most important thing is to show off what's most beautiful about you and to hide what's less beautiful.