Quotes About Authenticity

Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life.

There are powers that can counterfeit almost everything in the Christian life.

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can.

Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed.

Personal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me.

To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.

You don't need the fame to be vital.

There is no sin worse in life than being boring and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do.

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.

To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life

I throw dignity out the window, and just become a creature of the moment on the stage. I act like I'd never act in real life.

I guess you can be yourself, whatever that means—the best and the worst of you. And they love you anyway. You can fight, but even when you're mad at them, you know they're not going to stop being your friend.

That's another lie. That's not even his real handwriting. There is nothing about this boy that is neat and careful.

It's not a lie if it's how you feel

It's because you smiled at me that day in class. A real smile, not the bullshit one you give everyone all the time where your eyes are doing one thing and your mouth is doing another.' 'It was just a smile.' 'Maybe to you.

But in that moment, I don't know what to say. Everything that's wrong with me seems made up because it's not like I can point to any of it and actually show them.

I do it so it feels real.

the smile is real

It was funny about writing. It was like flying or driving or playing an instrument. When you were doing it like you were supposed to be doing it, you knew it right inside of you. You could feel that this was the way it should be. But when you wrote a word that you didn't believe in, that didn't fit, it stuck out just like a bumpy landing or a bad turn or a false note.

Which of my feelings are real? Which of the mes is me? There is only one me I've ever really liked, and he was good and awake as long as he could be.