#authentic

To try to be authentic these days, to ask questions of the people in power - it's difficult. This administration has evolved new techniques to handle people like me. Their strategy, in a word, is simple: ignore them. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#ask #authentic #days #difficult #evolved

Keep your heart clear And transparent, And you will Never be bound. A single disturbed thought Creates ten thousand distractions. ↗

— Ryokan

#honesty #meditation #thinking #thought #honesty

The test of someone’s authenticity is to wait until they think you’re not looking, then check the tag under their collar. ↗

— Bauvard

#fashion #funny #humor #funny

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. ↗

— Mary Pipher

#adolescence #aside #authentic #display #experience

I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#authentic #believe #change #changed #compassion

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. ↗

— Rebecca West

#argument #art #artist #audience #authentic

As a child, at the age when others promise to be Chateaubriand or nothing, I had written that I would be myself or nothing. I had certainly not foreseen that one day I would find myself in the position of being both myself and nothing. 65 ↗

— Marcel Benabou

#success #age

Don't just be a consumer, be a creator. Somewhere inside you is a masterpiece waiting to be exposed. ↗

— Raimy Diaz

#authenticity #be-yourself #creativity #find-yourself #personal-growth

Your message, your ministry, your influence is built from your flaws. People relate to HUMANITY...not perfection. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#authenticity #destiny #discovering-your-greater-calling #faith #faith-in-god

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. ↗

— Rick Warren

#life