Quotes About Authenticity

To lie is to intentionally mislead others when they expect honest communication.

A wasteland of embarrassment and social upheaval can be neatly avoidedby following a single precept in life: Do not lie

None of these adventitious mental states are the real you. You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.

You don't get anything worth getting by pretending to know things you don't know.

I don't always communicate the truth in the way that I want to—but one of the strengths of telling the truth is that it remains open for elaboration. If what you say in the heat of the moment isn't quite right, you can amend it. I have learned that I would rather be maladroit, or even rude, than dishonest.

How would your relationships change if you resolved never to lie again? What truths about yourself might suddenly come into view? What kind of person would you become? And how might you change the people around you? It is worth finding out.

Nothing is more sacred than the facts.

Sincerity, authenticity, integrity, mutual understanding—these and other sources of moral wealth are destroyed the moment we deliberately misrepresent our beliefs, whether or not our lies are ever discovered.

Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to prepare for. We can simply be ourselves.

We're not really free unless we can put matters in our own words. And if we can't put them in our own words, we can't talk to other people, because if we speak the words of the internet or the TV news, other people will recognize that, and they are not really in our company, but somewhere else.

Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to prepare for. Knowing that we told the truth in the past leaves us with nothing to keep track of. We can simply be ourselves in every moment.

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.

Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena.

Your uniqueness is your strength. Remember that. Don't mold yourself to others or to what others think. You're an individual. You're special.

We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.

...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

The strength of the church is not the strength of its institutions but the authenticity of its witness.

An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.

The only book that is worth writing is the one we don't have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us (we who are writing), that makes us tremble, redden, bleed

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.