Quotes about Authenticity
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
— John Wooden
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
— John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
— John Wooden
You only need to lose track of who you are, or who you thought you were supposed to be, so that you end up lying flat on the dirt floor basement of your heart. Do this, Jesus says, and you will live.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
If I trust what I see on my phone more than what I see out my window, what does it mean to believe that the real world is not where I live?
— Barbara Brown Taylor
More to the point, there are times when dancing on tables is the most authentic prayer in reach, even if it pocks the table and clears the room.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
As enjoyable as it could be to spend a couple of hours on Sunday morning with people who were at their best, it was also possible to see the strain in some of the smiles, the effort it took to present the most positive, most faithful version of the self.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
— Lady Gaga
I'm kind of a closet redneck.
— Donald Trump
I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
— Marilyn Monroe
I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.
— Robert Kiyosaki
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
— George Washington