Quotes about Authenticity

I'm thirty,' I said. 'I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor.

He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it. She, on her part, was not impressed by his studied air of blase sophistication.

To summarize, then: the crucifixion is the touchstone of Christian authenticity, the unique feature by which everything else, including the resurrection, is given its true significance.

I'm a guy's guy. I don't comb my hair unless I have to, and I don't use lotions or fancy shampoos.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

It's not what color you are or how you fare with fans, it's who you are and what personality you have.

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

No, I don't have a feminine side. I've never been in touch with it. And the day I get in touch with my feminine side is the day I retire.

A few people know me, and the few people that do know me only know me because they dig my stuff.

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

Be who you are and be that well.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.