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Quotes About Authenticity

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.
~ Helena Christensen
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
~ Abraham Cahan
I think [ fashion philosophy] it's about your smile and your smell.
~ Erykah Badu
Smile, don't frown. Look up don't look down. Believe in yourself Don't let yourself go. Just be who you are. And let your live flow.
~ Kirstie Alley
I would rather wear honest tears than the most beautiful and elaborately faked smile.
~ Tyler Knott Gregson
I don't like smiley pictures. A smile is a defense mechanism. It says, You can't have the real me but here's my smile. You get closer to the real person when they stop smiling.
~ Chris Killip
To be free from false identity and the hypnosis of conditioning is the biggest smile and joy you are going to feel in your life.
~ Mooji
When I was younger, I never laughed. I was always sour. If I look at pictures of me from the past, I never see a smile. I think it came out of my insecurity. I had a lot of complexes.
~ Giorgio Armani
To me nothing in the world is as precious as a genuine smile, especially from a child.
~ Rumi
People say, like, "I love when you smile because part of your mouth goes up," then I never organically smile again.
~ Sarah Silverman
The manual worker does not have to sell his personality. He doesn't have to sell his smile.
~ Erich Fromm
Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.
~ Amy Poehler
A gentleman will walk but never run.. it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.. be yourself no matter what they say.
~ Sting
You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.
~ John Fowles
You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
~ Tori Amos
It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain and let just a few tears escape.
~ Stephenie Meyer
I just can't smile at people for money.
~ Fran Lebowitz
He looked less handsome without the smile and glow in his eyes, but he also seemed more real. Being real will get me into trouble faster than any amount of charm.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.
~ Charles Bukowski
The new rebels might be artists willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the 'Oh how banal.'
~ David Foster Wallace
If there is anything you can do, it may just be to smile for them. Because when you smile, the world seems just a little kinder. For you to just be yourself is a very important thing, I think.
~ Natsuki Takaya
I cannot say where I will be in 5 yearsscratch that, tomorrowBut I know that wherever you find me, I will remain true to myself with a genuine smile on my face and happiness in my heart.
~ Gina Carano
I like your glasses," he said. "I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don't smile at everyone, because then, when you smile at me.… Cather.
~ Rainbow Rowell
Because I cannot flatter and look fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive, and cog, Duck with French nods and apish courtesy, I must be held a rancorous enemy.
~ William Shakespeare