Quotes About Authenticity

The only thing that kept me away was the knowledge that trust cannot be demanded. It must be freely given or it's meaningless.

There was something so liberating about sincerely felt mirth.

Nothing could be calculated to make a shy girl less interesting than the command to be more interesting.

Paulo Coelho gives you the inspiration to follow your own dreams by seeing the world through your own eyes and not someone else's.

Never judge yourself by the narrow standards of others. What we do together here is our business, nobody else's. Never, never doubt what we have just done is anything but love. Never let yourself be restricted by thoughts of what society would have you do, what it would accept or condemn. Please promise me that.

A good woman knows she cannot be all things to all people, and she may, in fact, displease those who think she should just be nice. She is not strident or petty or demanding, but she does live according to conviction. She knows that the Jesus she follows was a revolutionary who never tried to keep everyone happy.

It seems to me that the only way to strengthen the morale of the people whose morale is worth strengthening, is to tell them the truth, and nothing but the truth, even if the truth is horrible." Clark

I know, I should've just shut him down like a Broadway Musical, but that's just not the way I'm wired.

When you discard your own pettiness, center yourself in integrity, and reach into your soul for your greatness, it is always there.

Alex grinned and then walked past him, murmuring, "I applaud you for your courage." "Courage?" he asked with confusion. "Hmm." She headed for the door to the hall, swinging her purse gaily as she went. "Many men find it difficult to come out of the closet.

Saying "I'm fine" to keep the peace, when we're really not fine, isn't honest. It may seem godly in the moment, but it's false godliness. Truth and godliness always walk hand in hand. The minute we divorce one from the other, we stray from soul integrity and give a foothold to the instability that inevitably leads to coming unglued.

The exhausting manipulation and control it takes to protect an identity based on circumstances will crush our hearts and hide the best of who we are behind a wall of insecurity.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others.

When my happy gets bumped, what's really going on in my heart is on display. In those times I will either add to the authenticity of my love for Jesus or, sadly, negate it.

I've tasted the deep satisfaction of God and I know all other things are but cheap imitations. And I don't want to be enamored by the lesser things wrought with momentary pleasure.

Seeking with all of your heart requires more than just the routine Christian good girl checklist.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves. No, it's not wrong to need people. But some of our biggest disappointments in life are the result of expectations we have of others that they can't ever possibly meet.

If we are going to be true to ourselves, we'd better make sure we are being true to our most surrendered, healed, and healthy selves, the ones God made us to be.

People in everyday life can sniff out the neediness of a performer trying to earn love.

packages of perfection; relationships come in packages of potential.

Honesty wanted me to bring the core of who I believe I am and hold it up to the light of what's really true. And there's not a soul alive who will find perfect alignment there. Not. One.

If the person you are trying so hard not to disappoint will be displeased by a no, they'll eventually be disappointed even if you say yes.

It's not bad that I'm vulnerable, but am I displaying a mature form of my vulnerability?

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