Quotes About Authenticity

Of course I have a personal life.

Personally, in real life, Im a little more down-and-dirty than I am glamorous.

I mean, on the television, I've got to continue to be Star Jones Reynolds. And I enjoy that. But in my real life, I'm a wife now. You can't really be bossy when you're married.

Not knowing who God made us to be, trying to be who we are not, or even just desiring to be someone else, can only lead to a life of misery, frustration, and unfulfillment.

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions.

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

The thing that's important is not something called design; it's how you live, its life itself. Design really comes from that. You cannot separate what you do from your life.

The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If you've got the real thing, you don't have to flaunt a loud imitation.

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.

So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly.

You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.

To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a mistake or don't know something.

To remain absolutely free is what a true and authentic life is. So never gather any character - remain characterless.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Authenticity means to be the author of your own life.

There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.

Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.

Life is a straight drink - straight pleasure, straight pain, straightforward, one hundred percent.

A woman who is starved for her real soul-life may look 'cleaned up and combed' on the outside, but on the inside she is filled with dozens of pleading hands and empty mouths.