Quotes About Authenticity

To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.

The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

It takes a tremen­dous act of courage to admit to your­self that you are not defec­tive in any way what­so­ever.

Gather up your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your inner voice wherever it takes you.

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

Courage is when you dare to be yourself, in whatever ways you want to be - to not be afraid, to just do it.

It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

People follow courage, not titles.

The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.

Only when you know who you are will you be able to find the courage to do what drives you-with integrity and grace.

Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.

To get to this place of a warrior's courage, we must give up the stories that have ruled our lives and shatter the self-image we created to affirm our story.

Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

True courage comes not just from feeling confident and strong, but from being the honest, authentic expression in yourself. Think about how audacious it is to really believe in yourself.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.