We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Within, you hold a tiny piece of eternity, a fraction of life, a mirror of the universe.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making… — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
“Show up as the real you. The airbrushed you isn’t sustainable, or even half as awesome.” — Kristen Lee Copy Share Image
“Cooking is one of best ways for your authentic self to remind your conscious self that you are an artist.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“Some people think the real them is whoever they are when they're not around other people.” — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
Representing the U.S.A. is one of the greatest honors of my life, and being able to do it as my authentic self… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
“Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your mistakes and forgive yourself, you’ll be happier.” — Roy Bennett Copy Share Image
I want to tell everyone that no matter what's keeping them from being their authentic self to hold on to the hope… — Josie Totah Copy Share Image
As Black women, we go through so much from code switching and putting on a mask just to get in the door.… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
Human beings are not on earth to be citizens, or taxpayers, or socially engineered pawns of other human beings; rather they are… — Stephan A. Hoeller Copy Share Image
“Stop searching for wizards and wands. Don’t buy into the belief that you don’t have the brains, heart, and courage to make… — Kristen Lee Copy Share Image
“We can reach untainted experiential freedom, by living in the moment as it is—without contemplation. Here we find the possibility of freedom—of… — Jacqueline Simon Gunn Copy Share Image
“What goes on in your innermost being is worth all your love, this is what you must work on however you can… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When we continue to devalue our inherent needs, when we begin to reduce ourselves as a person in order to stay in… — Stephanee Killen Copy Share Image
The gap between the inner and outer self is one I've found interesting, even essential, about the way we move through the… — Sylvia Brownrigg Copy Share Image
When I came out, it wasn't a big formal conversation like in the movies. I just started living as my true and… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“A child can only experience his feelings when there is someone there who fully accepts them, names them and supports them. Another… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“To be severed and alienated within oneself also creates a sense of unreality. One may have an all-pervasive sense of never quite… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
“The idea of "the authentic self," and how everyone is always talking about "being yourself," and how when you're yourself you get… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Because the exposure of self to self lies at the heart of neurotic shame, escape from the self is necessary. The escape… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“The master in us all lives behind the masks and roles and wounds and beliefs. It calls us to live deep, full,… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As I grow older, I feel like my authentic self has been able to shine through more and more, and people can… — Vanessa Williams Copy Share Image
It means so much to me to see Caitlyn Jenner coming out, just by being her authentic self, staying true to who… — Jazz Jennings Copy Share Image
“Remove the mask you think others want to see. Instead, let them see your true, authentic self.” — Pamela Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
“Be fearless with your questions. Don’t be afraid to get a little muddy. Keep your feet nimble and eyes open for new… — Kristen Lee Copy Share Image
When we're not living faithfully to our authentic self, we find ourselves feeling incomplete, as if there is a hole in our… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“You must push through the negativity and self-criticism that dam up your creativity and just let it flow. Be your authentic self.… — Felicity Everett Copy Share Image
Everyone has an internal age, a time in life when one is, if not one's best, then at very least one's most… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
I feel inauthentic at a party. ... Going to a party is a 'low' activity - the authentic self is compromised, fragmented… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't… — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
“This deeper gratitude — gratitude for what was constant when it was not felt — is one of the most spiritually mature… — Ayisha Bhatti Copy Share Image
Love trumps hate in many ways, in every way, and you can be your authentic self. If you put your mind to… — Gigi Gorgeous Copy Share Image
“Being real is the power skill of the century, but we’re taught to be otherwise in the places that should hold it… — Kristen Lee Copy Share Image
What's it like to figure out you're gay and then begin the process of coming out? Well, for most of my life,… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
“It’s okay to be messy. Like sunflowers, galaxies, and fingerprints, your life is an intricately designed spiral. Your wrinkles, bumps, and bruises… — Kristen Lee Copy Share Image
