Quotes About Authenticity

I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect

Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

I think it's great that she's not perfect and wasn't perfect. I think that's maybe why so many young girls and different people look up to Mac and respect her even more.

Peoples, be peoples and others will respect you. Be courtiers and others will scorn you and it will be well deserved.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

If I am not I, who will be?

I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

We're all different and I respect my difference. I just try to be myself at all times. As long as I do that my music is always going to be different.

Don't expect people to respect you for what you are "planning" to do.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.

But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth

When you are just you, without thinking or trying to say something special, just saying what is on your mind and how you feel, then there is naturally self-respect.

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being.

Believe in yourself and what you feel. Your power will come from that.

When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but respect it.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale.

I feel that whatever you put out is what you'll get back. I always put out, 'hey, hi, I'm a bass player, no bullshit,' and that's what I got back. I got the respect.

Having Respect for the world is when you allow people to be what they are.

Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.