Quotes About Authenticity

If you don't fit into a certain type, there's a lot of strength in just being who you are.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but I'd had enough of trying to ignore them.

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.

Strength of character is already written. What we bring, as an actor, is an almost 3D-ness to it.

I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another.

Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur?

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

Strength means honoring your entire range of emotion, even your despair and heartbreak.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Suddenly this is all too hard. I am tired of putting up walls. I want someone with the strength - and the honesty - to break them down.

The most powerful force in the human psyche is people's need for their words and actions to stay consistent with their IDENTITY - how we define ourselves.

To create something you must be something.

Your heart is not wrong. Your heart is your strength. You don't have to be ashamed.

Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life, and not be hoodwinked by it all," in a simple, very general sweeping way.

You've got to figure out what it is you love - who you really are - and have the courage to do that.

Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty.

I don't want to disrespect hip-hop by being something I'm not. I'm Pooch Hall. My strength is in front the camera and holding dialogue.

It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength.