Quotes About Authenticity

No matter what identity we cling to, it takes great courage to step out of the old masks we wear and the old scripts that we live by, and open ourselves to the mysterious inner core of our being.

The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else.

Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

Most people believe vulnerability is weakness. But really vulnerability is Courage. We must ask ourselves...are we willing to show up and be seen.

And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.

Revile those who flatter you.

True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.

The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being.

Never bury something deep, baby. Takes twice as much courage to be who you are, say what you think, feel what you feel and let it show then it does to bury it.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

You cannot weave truth on a loom of lies.

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.

It takes no courage to say or do what's popular.

Courage to be who you are is the cousin of loving the Divine, yourself and others.

Meditation requires courage. It requires the basic integrity, sincerity, respect towards your own being. At least don't deceive yourself.

Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

You're demonstrating a courage that most people can't even fathom: giving it all away in order to have yourself

To live with courage, purpose, and connection - to be the person whom we long to be - we must again be vulnerable. We must ... show up, and let ourselves be seen.

Every man has his own courage and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.