Quotes about Authenticity
Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom it was they were trying to please.
— Francine Rivers
Do not wish to be anything except what you are.
— Francis de Sales
Let us wash the cosmetics from our souls and look at the unadorned condition of our hearts.
— Francis Frangipane
What each man is in Your eyes, thus he is, and no more.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
— Francois Rabelais
Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are
— Frank Sinatra
There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.
— Frederic William Farrar
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
— Frederick Douglass
Those who feel lovable, who love, and who experience belonging simply believe they are worthy of love and belonging. I often say that Wholeheartedness is like the North Star: We never really arrive, but we certainly know if we're headed in the right direction.
— Brene Brown
When we stop caring about what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. When we become defined by what people think, we lose our willingness to be vulnerable.
— Brene Brown
The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.
— Brennan Manning