Quotes About Authenticity

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents.

You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.

Always be yourself, there's no one better!

Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret.

You are you. Now, isn't that unpleasant?

Our purity lies in our originality. Our intuition lies in our innocence.

I want to give you the depth and the strength which is yours... the original you.

Every individual has the potential to be original.

Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong.

What we say is important for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Be who you are in every situation.

Do not write a check with your tongue that your actions cannot cash.

Behind a cold face there is always an insecure heart.

We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Live with no time-out.

I'd spent so many years doing things I didn't really want to do for people I didn't really like.

Don't Mess Around with Reality and Reality Won't Mess Around with You.

But from the time I was very little, it was something I would do all the time, just sing, dance and act. So it wasn't something that was fake or contrived as I got older.

You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.

I'm just me - the way I am.