Quotes about Authenticity

We must begin to live fully and truly, every moment of our daily lives.

To love is, first of all, to accept ourselves as we are.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.

I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.

Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.

One can do many external deeds of love and still hold back the really precious gift, the inner self. This gift can be given only through communication.

it may feel as if they just want you to stop being you.

Understanding the truth is the doorway to new life. And understanding the truth often requires the use of labels. Honoring someone, whether that person is a boss, parent, or spouse, doesn't mean we have to pretend they're something they're not. Honoring and honesty can exist side by side.

The truth is, we want to be known; we truly do. But we're afraid. If you see the real me, will you run away? Am I even worth being known? Will the real me bore you? Scare you? Repulse you? And so we hide.

A heavyweight boxing champion who dodges all serious contenders to consistently fight marshmallows is derided and ridiculed—and rightly so. Christians who dodge all serious struggle and consciously seek to put themselves in whatever situations and relationships are easiest are doing the same thing—they are coasting, and eventually that coasting will define them and—even worse—shape them.

We conceal, but God wants to heal, and to do that, He must first expose.