Quotes About Authenticity

The desire to force love to live only in its most positive form is what causes love ultimately to fall over dead.

Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?

Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.

To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.

In rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.

I desire to have a dialogue that's positive, and communicative and moves forward, and is about something real, not just consumption.

Genuineness requires listening through both verbal and nonverbal channels.

It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

I believe inner beauty is beauty in its truest form. When we nurture ourselves, it brings an inevitable, positive transformation.

Don't be like those people who believe in "positive thinking" and tell themselves that they're loved and strong and capable. You don't need to do that because you know it already.

The people you have to lie to, own you. The things you have to lie about, own you.

It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.

Having an authentic emotional response is always a positive thing.

So many reality shows are scripted and create this fake drama, and it's a bunch of bull. We wanted to do something real and something wholesome and something that's focused on positive family values.

We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they are, and we can help them develop a positive self-image.

I will not change just to court popularity.

Sometimes the truth hurts because it uncovers the lies people are living

In leadership, life and all things it's far wiser to judge people by their deeds than their speech - their track record rather than their talk" – Rasheed Ogunlaru

The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.

You know you're not perfect and that's good. Perfect is boring. You have a lot to offer. A lot more to experience and so many things to learn. There are more pages to fill up so act your age.

Using someone else's ruler to measure your self-worth will always leave you short.