Quotes About Authenticity

Just as adolescents transition into adults by discovering who they want to be, at midlife we find ourselves searching to become a more authentic, better version of ourselves.

There's something about seeing people when they have just wake up--before they have a chance to put on the face they show everyone else. There's like this last hint of innocence.

Besides, dressing like I want to be invisible only makes me feel weak. I have to be strong. So if that means wearing cute boots and nice pants and a sweet blue shirt that looks especially good on me today for some reason if I do say so myself, then so be it.

You seek a false comfort when you demand that I define myself for you with words. Words do not contain or define any person. A heart can, if it is willing.

One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back.

What you are born to be, you will be, whether it be priest or sailor. So step up and be it. Let them do nothing to you. Be the one who shapes yourself. Be who you are, and eventually all will have to recognize who you are, whether they are willing to admit it or not.

One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls back. I am fortunate. I have been pulled back.

Truth can well out of a man like blood from a wound, and it can be just as disconcerting to look at.

Open your eyes. This horrible mess is your life. There is no sense in waiting for it to get better. Stop putting it off and live it.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.

Who loves you or who you love is not as significant as who you are. Too many folk, women and men, love the person they wish to be, as if by loving that person, or being loved by that person, they could attain the importance they long for.

Do you begrudge me that I am who I truly am? Should I pretend otherwise for the sake of pleasing you? If I did, it would be a lie. Would you rather love a lie than know me as I truly am?

Here we do not believe in wasting time simply for the purpose of impressing others.

Feelings don't have to be wise, they just are.

One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back.

I have found the old adages to be true. One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back. I am fortunate. I have been pulled back. I walk once more in trueness to myself." p. 177: Kettricken to Fitz:

Always behave as if you are the person you wish to be perceived as.

When you cut pieces from the truth to avoid sounding like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead

Never pretend we are anything but what we are. Assassins.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead. Let's start again.

fell silent. "When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead. Let's start

Burrich the Stablemaster, the man who raised me, once warned me, "When you cut pieces from the truth to avoid sounding like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead." I

Be your blood, boy, and ignore what anyone else thinks of you.

In times like these, perhaps a Queen with a knife will give us more heart than a woman who drapes herself in jewels and hides behind walls.