Quotes about Authenticity

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.

It takes no courage to say or do what's popular.

Every man has his own courage and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Herein lies the most solemn challenge facing Christians who want to communicate their faith: if we do not live in a way that draws others to the faith rather than repels them, none of our words will matter.

Throughout the Bible, in fact, God shows a marked preference for "real" people over "good" people.

we should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.

Apart from the requirement that we be authentic before God, there is no prescribed way to pray. Each of us presents a unique mix of personality, outlook, training, gifts, and weaknesses, as well as a unique history with church and with God. As Roberta Bondi says, "If you are praying, you are already 'doing it right.

I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty.