Quotes about True self

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Who we truly are is who God created us to be. That's what's most important. Our true identity is seen in light of God. He determines the destiny of our life.

The beauty of a woman is first a soulful beauty. And yes, as we live it out, own it, inhabit our beauty, we do become more lovely. More alluring. As the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, "Self flashes off frame and face." Our true self becomes reflected in our appearance. But it flows from the inside

Man does not have a soul. He is a soul. He has a body.

For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself.

What is the soul? Indie Arie: The real you. You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be.  That is his punishment.  Those who want a mask have to wear it.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.