141 quotes found
“...when you're broken, everything gets a little honester - you make mistakes and don't give a damn - you give up on perfection, but get real...”
“We all have an inner intuition for authenticity, for matched up internal and external truth. When we detect this, we feel immediate comfort. We know truth when we hear it.”
“This is how I recognize an authentic poet: by frequenting him, living a long time in the intimacy of his work, something changes in myself, not so much my inclinations or my tastes as my very blood...”
“When you are your authentic self, you fulfill the possibilities that dwell inside your soul.”
“Embracing your authentic self is medicine for the soul.”
“Heartfelt communicators make such a difference in the lives of others through their authentic depth and sincere expression.”
“So much possibility lives within the beauty of your authenticity. Be real.”
“There are more gifts in who you are than there are in who you think you want to be.”
“Don't be afraid to be authentic, show up in the world as you truly are.Be as you mean to be, but be light with it. Love it, give it, share it, laugh at it, walk everywhere with it.Be in the world b...”
“She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind.”
“To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to cultivate the bravery that it takes to be real. And I am at a complete loss to pr...”
“Consider the fact that maybe…just maybe…beauty and worth aren’t found in a makeup bottle, or a salon-fresh hairstyle, or a fabulous outfit. Maybe our sparkle comes from somewhere deeper inside, som...”
“I know a beautiful soul when I feel one. The empath in me honors the authentic in you.”
“I have finally come to realize that it’s being forced to be honest with myself that’s made my pain painful all along.”
“Want to help others? Be yourself. You’ll inspire others to muster the courage to be themselves as well.”
“The only authentic literature of the modern era is the owner’s manual.”
“Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate.”
“...when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...”
“…love is by definition freeand if he choose to gowhen I would have him stayperhaps I'll die a bitbut I'd rather sothan taste his absent minded kissand lie uneasy in a masked embrace”
“I have diligently disciplined my life to search out life’s gifts in the very places where society mistakenly says life stores its scraps. And I am constantly amazed that in the treasure trove that ...”
