Quotes about Authenticity
The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.
— Elbert Hubbard
We ought to be interested in that darkest and most real part of a man in which dwell not the vices that he does not display, but the virtues that he cannot.
— GK Chesterton
If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world.
— Marianne Williamson
No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.
— Napoleon Hill
Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no one knows you are praying, shut the door, and talk to God in secret.
— Oswald Chambers
It is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in God's sight than to appear lovely to man's eyes but lame to God's.
— Oswald Chambers
Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men".
— Oswald Chambers
A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We swim, day by day, on a river of delusions, and are effectually amused with houses and towns in the air, of which the men aboutus are dupes. But life is a sincerity.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That's soul killing!
— John Eldredge
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don't compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.
— James Franco