Quotes about Authenticity

You are wired like you and I am wired like me. The more fully we live into ourselves, the more impact we will have. Acting may get us the applause we want, but taking a risk on being ourselves is the only path toward true intimacy. And true intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

After all, to love somebody is to give them the power to hurt you, and nobody can hurt you if you're the only one writing the script.

Having integrity is about being the same person on the inside that we are on the outside, and if we don't have integrity, life becomes exhausting. I wonder how many people get tempted by the gains they can make by playing a role, only to pay for those temptations in public isolation.

If we want to connect with customers, we have to stop blasting them with noise.

We will never feel loved until we drop the act, until we're willing to show our true selves to the people around us.

They will respect you for being honest. Having a "buy now" or "schedule a call" button on your website makes sure they always understand the kind of relationship you are inviting them into.

It's true of Jamie. But I want it to be true of you too. And for that matter, me. I don't believe we are accidents in the world, and I don't believe we were supposed to be actors either. I think we were supposed to be ourselves and we were meant as a miracle. Jamie, Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it's being turned into a thousand songs.

What your customer really wants is to be invited into a story. And your explanatory paragraph is going to accomplish exactly that.

For a long time, I thought I was good at relationships because I was charming.

What if part of God's message to the world was you, the true and real you?

I liked the idea of loving people just to love them, not to get them to come to church.

An amazing things happens when we are honest and vulnerable. We allow people to know and love us. We also allow people to reject us, and that can sometimes hurt. But the truth is, they would have rejected us anyway. It's just that it would have taken a little more time.