Quotes About Authenticity

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Truth is truth, my dear!

And is it a crime to acknowlege, that they are so well disposed to a worthy object? A worthy object, I repeat; for that is what will warrant the open heart. What a littleness is there in the custom that compels us to be insincere? And suppose we do not succeed with a first object, shall we cheat a future Lover with the notion that he was the first?

Indeed, we can always better understand and appreciate a man's real character by the manner in which he conducts himself towards those who are the most nearly related to him, and by his transaction of the seemingly commonplace details of daily duty, than by his public exhibition of himself as an author, an orator, or a statesman.

Truthfulness is at the foundation of all personal excellence.

Friends should be weighed, not told; who boasts to have won a multitude of friends has never had one.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from

Our perfection lies in our imperfection.

We should not, therefore, be afraid of testing others--or of being tested ourselves. It is only by testing, or being tested, that we understand whether the substance or the person is as it appears to be or is merely masquerading.

None of us wants to see the truth of what is right in front of us, do they? But for our protection, we must not sugar-coat the truth. We must have the courage to see people for what they are.

Life will work its magic if you let go of fear and live your life as an exclamation and not as an explanation.

She expected people to accept her for who she was. But she never really accepted herself.

Nada más fácil para el ser humano que prescindir de lo que no es natural en él

Supuse que todos nos despegamos de nuestra imagen en algún momento. Que traicionamos nuestra máscara

Si uno vive en un mundo de falsedades, esas falsedades son la realidad.

May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.

Within the organization there is a gap between words and deeds, between what organizations say they will do, or what they are committed to doing, and what they are doing.

You can kill joy by not looking happy enough. If

that other people have told you and living one that's based on a lie you've told yourself.

It doesn't matter what people want to hear. It doesn't matter if people like you. It doesn't matter if the whole world thinks you're crazy. It doesn't matter whose heart you break. What matters is the truth.

Be grateful for every scar life inflicts on you. Where we're unhurt is where we are false. Where we are wounded and healed is where our real self gets to show itself. That's where you get to show who you really are

We all want to be someone else. And sometimes we succeed in convincing ourselves we can be. But it doesn't last, and our true selves, broken and scarred, always win out in the end.

If you don't want to know the truth, you'll do anything to disguise it.

Strangers see you the way you want them to see you. You can't fool friends…that's what makes them friends... Pretty Little Liars