Quotes about Authenticity

The strength of the church is not the strength of its institutions but the authenticity of its witness.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Success is only meaningful - and enjoyable - if it feels like your own.

Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.

You know who you are. And I suggest you never deny it.

I want the difficult stories, the ones that aren't easy to believe, the twisted ones, the sorrowful ones, the ones that need telling most of all.

Now Franny understood that you must be yourself no matter what; anything else was a lie, and a denial of who you were would always cause grief. What you put out into the world came back to you threefold. If you could not accept yourself, you would be reviled and cast out, adrift in the world.

Shelby is brutally honest. That's why Maravelle likes her. Maravelle is brutally honest too. You can't have many friends if you act that way, but you can depend on the ones you have.

Many of them began to wonder why they themselves often feigned opinions rather than speak their minds, no matter how clever they were, for fear they'd be thought of as difficult.